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St Jude's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B14 5PD

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 November 2022

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At a glance

205 pupils · 87% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
64.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
24.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stjuderc.bham.sch.uk/
URN
103463

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 2 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
79%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
25%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school79%
Median of its 12 closest peers59.5%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Merritts Brook Primary E-ACT AcademyBirmingham · 4 miles awayNo current grade68%
Dukesgate AcademySalford · 81 miles awayGood76%
Gossey Lane AcademyBirmingham · 7 miles awayGood63%
Brownmead Primary AcademyBirmingham · 8 miles awayGood74%
Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary SchoolAshton-under-Lyne · 76 miles awayNeeds attention47%
The Shirestone AcademyBirmingham · 7 miles awayOutstanding87%
Parkside Community Foundation Primary SchoolCanterbury · 149 miles awayGood23%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 97 miles awayGood53%
Mundella Primary SchoolFolkestone · 160 miles awayGood56%
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary SchoolSkelmersdale · 86 miles awayGood65%
Cotsford Primary SchoolPeterlee · 165 miles awayGood53%
St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolSheerness · 131 miles awayRequires improvement43%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 38% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Black African 24% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Birmingham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

76.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,654; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,731
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £266,889; in-year balance +£22,757

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications38.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work7.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways50.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier14.3%62.3%
Social housing77.8%17.1%
Privately rented6.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.6%22.9%
Flats66.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008978 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£245,000296 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£208,500–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£365,000
Semi-detached (142)£255,000
Terraced (107)£222,000
Flat (30)£140,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
31an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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