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St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary · Wolverhampton · WV8 1PF

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 11 December 2024

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At a glance

192 pupils · 91% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
14.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.stchristophersprimary.org/
URN
148318

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.74 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2021; none was decided by a published distance. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · usually has places

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 2021 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2021 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
67%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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 school67%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
Staffordshire average66.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Albert Village Primary SchoolSwadlincote · 28 miles awayNo current grade59%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, BlackhillConsett · 155 miles awayGood67%
Perranporth Community Primary SchoolPerranporth · 203 miles awayGood77%
St Andrew's Catholic Primary SchoolSolihull · 21 miles awayGood73%
New Seaham AcademySeaham · 157 miles awayGood94%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonWashington · 160 miles awayGood72%
St Just Primary SchoolPenzance · 229 miles awayGood72%
Helmsley Community Primary SchoolYork · 121 miles awayGood76%
Chacewater Community Primary SchoolTruro · 208 miles awayNo current grade59%
Lockwood Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea · 141 miles awayGood68%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton CleveleysThornton-Cleveleys · 93 miles awayExpected standard60%
Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary SchoolFaversham · 162 miles awayGood (2015)74%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Staffordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Staffordshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Staffordshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11%
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 · Staffordshire: 1.97 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
25.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% 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)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.4 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 £51,385; 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,323
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£20,000; in-year balance -£8,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier49.4%62.3%
Social housing38%17.1%
Privately rented11.7%20.5%
Detached houses15.7%22.9%
Flats27.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12%21.1%
Households with no car or van24.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029627 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£294,000330 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£238,000–£400,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (119)£450,000
Semi-detached (131)£265,000
Terraced (66)£240,000
Flat (14)£155,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an 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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