Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Hurst Lane, Shard End, Birmingham, B34 7HN – View on map
- Phone: 01217472782
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Milligan
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 12 families put it first for 15 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 15 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 102
- % eligible for free school meals: 52.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 16% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 5.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communication 6 places · 3 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 41% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 49% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 49%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 70% · Maths 52% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 59%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 99
- Based on: 27 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 250th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =246Sundridge Primary School43%
- #249St Thomas More Catholic Primary School42%
- =250Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School41%
- =250Summerfield Primary School41%
- =252Court Farm Primary School40%
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63rd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #61Grestone AcademyGood
- #62Grove SchoolGood
- #63Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #64Hawthorn Primary SchoolGood
- #65Heathfield Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,060 (2024-25)
42nd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #40Nelson Mandela School£8,165
- #41St Saviour's C of E Primary School£8,061
- #42Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School£8,060
- #43Minworth Junior and Infant School£8,055
- #44Little Sutton Primary School£8,053
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