Holy Name Catholic Primary School
Primary · Birmingham · B43 6LN
Data updated
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 17 February 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
191 pupils · 81% of 236 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 22.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.holynameprimary.co.uk
- URN
- 152004
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 0.81 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 17 February 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.81 first-choice applications per place26 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · usually has places
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
Compare admissions across the area: Birmingham school admissions · Sandwell school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 40% (Sandwell 33%, England 60%) · Black African 15% (Sandwell 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 10% (Sandwell 15%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Sandwell 4%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Sandwell 5%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Sandwell 3%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 4% (Sandwell 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Sandwell 4%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Sandwell 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Sandwell 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Sandwell 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Sandwell 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Sandwell 1%, England 1%) · 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)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
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 £45,694; 28.6% 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)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 6/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 31.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 22.5% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.1% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 19.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 45% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 80.1% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 17.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 35% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 17.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 25.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 16% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009974 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £254,000379 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £206,500–£306,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 4an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 8an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 52an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 9an 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
Nearby schools
See all primary schools in Birmingham →
See all schools run by St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust →