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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMr Cieran Flaherty

corporate_fareOUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY

location_onBirmingham, B37 6LW

language Visit Website phone 1217703168

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2022

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Students

258

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Expected Standard

73%

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Demand Ratio

1.2x

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St Anthony's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Birmingham, serving ages 2-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Demand is above capacity (1.2×) — apply through your local authority on time. Ranks in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Anthony's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Birmingham, Solihull, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of OUR LADY AND ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY. The school has approximately 254 pupils on roll, of whom 36% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 10% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #13 of 45 primaries in Solihull and #2,081 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2022. The school's current overall rating is Good. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Outstanding.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.2× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 23.3:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.0 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

73%

LA 62%

Reading90% LA 74%

Writing73% LA 69%

Maths80% LA 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading86% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing76% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths83% LA 71% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

72%

LA 58%England 60%

Reading90% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 68% · Eng 71%

Maths97% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Read SS

109

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

4.2

Read

LA 0.4

1.8 to 6.5

1.7

Write

LA 0.0

-0.6 to 3.9

4.6

Maths

LA 0.1

2.4 to 6.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

08 June 2022

Inspection Report

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09 April 2021

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2022-06-08

S5 Inspection EIF

Good

Education

Good

Behaviour

Outstanding

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Outstanding

2015-03-12

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2013-03-14

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 254 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	254	0	0.0%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	250	0	0.0%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	261	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	254	1	0.4%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	250	1	0.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	261	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	258	0	0.0%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	247	0	0.0%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	262	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	255	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	248	0	0.0%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	262	1	0.4%	0.4%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 12 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 12 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 9 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 8 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils