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St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary

Primary · Birmingham · B16 8RN

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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 24 April 2024

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At a glance

209 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
67.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
71% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stjohnsandstpeters.school
URN
138883

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 586 m (≈0.36 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 24 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 586 m (≈0.36 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 586 m (≈0.36 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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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
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
St Stephen's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 103 miles awayGood (2019)61%
Benedict AcademyMitcham · 105 miles awayOutstanding93%
Normand Croft Community School for Early Years and Primary EducationLondon · 100 miles awayGood (2019)77%
Marlborough Road AcademySalford · 72 miles awayGood45%
Alexandra Junior SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 36 miles awayNeeds attention43%
St Mary's Kilburn Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 98 miles awayOutstanding82%
Argyle Primary SchoolLondon · 101 miles awayGood81%
Falconbrook Primary SchoolLondon · 102 miles awayGood56%
Ashburnham Community SchoolLondon · 101 miles awayGood64%
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources BaseBirmingham · 3 miles awayGood32%
Heathmere Primary SchoolLondon · 101 miles awayGood65%
E-Act Barton Hill AcademyBristol · 76 miles awayRequires improvement56%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 40% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 7% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 6% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 4% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 3% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · White British 2% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.29 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

55.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3 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 £53,426; 30% 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 (2024-25)

This school£8,252
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£273,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier16.2%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented74.1%20.5%
Detached houses0.8%22.9%
Flats94.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms1.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van51.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033564 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£221,000440 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£293,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£370,000
Semi-detached (15)£290,000
Terraced (58)£247,500
Flat (362)£215,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.59 km, 2026 entry): 101 sales, median £190,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an 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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