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St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B21 8ED

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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 26 January 2023

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At a glance

221 pupils · 105% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
46.3% of pupils (January 2026)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.staugust.bham.sch.uk
URN
151937

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 26 January 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 26% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 25% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Black African 14% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 11% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 3% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Birmingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · White British 1% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.8%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,042; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

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 higher20.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications33.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work10.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier36.4%62.3%
Social housing18%17.1%
Privately rented44.9%20.5%
Detached houses14%22.9%
Flats5.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van48.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009269 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£185,000195 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£156,000–£229,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£275,000
Semi-detached (67)£225,000
Terraced (113)£170,000

Homes around this school are cheaper 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
10an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
47an 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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