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St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV10 6NW

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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 3 July 2023

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At a glance

333 pupils · 106% of 315 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
26.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
19.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stanthonyscatholicschool.co.uk/
URN
147367

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 42 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 3 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

42 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Wolverhampton average66.3%
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
Ocean Academy PoolePoole · 131 miles awayGood68%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolTaunton · 119 miles awayGood52%
Charles Darwin Community Primary SchoolNorthwich · 46 miles awayExpected standard75%
Brookland Junior SchoolWaltham Cross · 109 miles awayExpected standard71%
Lipson Vale Primary SchoolPlymouth · 177 miles awayExpected standard59%
St Edward's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 67 miles awayRequires improvement54%
Dothill Primary SchoolTelford · 18 miles awayGood58%
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior SchoolShepton Mallet · 101 miles awayGood56%
Moredon Primary SchoolSwindon · 73 miles awayGood83%
Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary SchoolBlandford Forum · 122 miles awayGood64%
Moldgreen Community Primary SchoolHuddersfield · 72 miles awayExpected standard55%
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBury · 68 miles awayExpected standard64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 46% (Wolverhampton 34%, England 60%) · Black African 16% (Wolverhampton 12%, England 5%) · Not recorded 10% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 9% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 6% (Wolverhampton 19%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Wolverhampton 6%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Wolverhampton 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Wolverhampton 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Wolverhampton 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Wolverhampton 3%, England 2%) · 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)
3.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.88 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wolverhampton: 1.82 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
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.5 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 £48,967; 10% 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£6,395
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £54,000; in-year balance +£25,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.2%62.3%
Social housing13.4%17.1%
Privately rented12.3%20.5%
Detached houses13.1%22.9%
Flats16.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010438 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£218,000383 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£190,000–£243,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (46)£272,500
Semi-detached (247)£220,000
Terraced (82)£194,000
Flat (8)£96,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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