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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Solihull · B91 3NZ

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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 4 October 2023

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At a glance

235 pupils · 100% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
22.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-augustines.solihull.sch.uk
URN
148087

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 October 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2020 entry)

Criteria 6 (other baptised Catholic)
1.4 miles

2020 is the most recent year we hold a cutoff for this school. It describes that year, not 2026.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers77%
Solihull average68.8%
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
Caldecote Primary SchoolCambridge · 76 miles awayGood61%
Moortown Primary SchoolLeeds · 100 miles awayOutstanding77%
St Austin's Catholic Primary School and NurseryStafford · 31 miles awayNo current grade75%
Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, LeicestershireWigston · 32 miles awayStrong standard80%
Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 102 miles awayGood77%
Greythorn Primary SchoolNottingham · 45 miles awayGood67%
Adel Primary SchoolLeeds · 100 miles awayStrong standard82%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron WaldenSaffron Walden · 90 miles awayGood94%
St John Rigby Catholic Primary SchoolBedford · 60 miles awayGood49%
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolStockport · 72 miles awayExpected standard81%
Little Waltham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChelmsford · 105 miles awayGood70%
Meanwood Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 99 miles awayGood90%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 58% (Solihull 62%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 8% (Solihull 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 7% (Solihull 3%, England 7%) · White Irish 6% (Solihull 0%, England 0%) · Asian Indian 5% (Solihull 7%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Solihull 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Solihull 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Solihull 7%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Solihull 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Solihull 4%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Solihull 2%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Solihull 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Solihull 2%, England 3%)

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)
1.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Solihull: 2.55 suspensions and 0.02 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
22.8
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)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.9 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 £52,552; 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 (2024-25)

This school£5,803
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £171,000; in-year balance +£70,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher54.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work54.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways6.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier66.3%62.3%
Social housing1.4%17.1%
Privately rented32.2%20.5%
Detached houses35.4%22.9%
Flats53.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms38%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01010192 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£456,500286 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£271,000–£671,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (139)£649,000
Semi-detached (26)£440,000
Terraced (22)£382,500
Flat (99)£245,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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