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SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B13 8DW

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 15 November 2023

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At a glance

199 pupils · 95% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
35.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
60.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stjonmon.bham.sch.uk/
URN
103478

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 0.81 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 15 November 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.81 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
St Margaret Clitherow RC Primary SchoolLondon · 93 miles awayGood75%
Walliscote Primary SchoolWeston-Super-Mare · 89 miles awayNeeds attention49%
St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · 93 miles awayNeeds attention59%
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · 93 miles awayExpected standard60%
Bishop Creighton AcademyPeterborough · 70 miles awayGood69%
St Joseph's RC Primary School ManchesterManchester · 71 miles awayNo current grade60%
Ronald Ross Primary SchoolWandsworth · 99 miles awayOutstanding83%
Freezywater St George's CofE VA Primary SchoolEnfield · 95 miles awayExpected standard64%
St Charles Voluntary Catholic AcademyHull · 110 miles awayGood36%
Bruce Grove Primary SchoolLondon · 97 miles awayGood62%
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterManchester · 71 miles awayOutstanding73%
Elm Road Primary SchoolWisbech · 88 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 31% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · White British 11% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 9% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 8% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Black African 8% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 6% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · 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
21
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.9 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 £52,094; 20% 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£7,784
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £345,177; in-year balance +£120,556

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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 higher35.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29%18.1%
Residents in very good health44%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier26.6%62.3%
Social housing40%17.1%
Privately rented33%20.5%
Detached houses8.6%22.9%
Flats64.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van46.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009182 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£235,000233 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£169,000–£400,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (30)£752,500
Semi-detached (25)£680,000
Terraced (85)£285,000
Flat (93)£170,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
61an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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