Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Gregory Avenue, Weoley Castle, Birmingham, B29 5DY – View on map
- Phone: 01214642283
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Paul Carroll
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 105
- % eligible for free school meals: 45.3%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 26% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.6% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% 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.
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: 6.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 21 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2016 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 53% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 53%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 103
- Based on: 30 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 227th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =227E-ACT Nechells Academy50%
- =227Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School50%
- =227Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School50%
- =227Wychall Primary School50%
- =231Anglesey Primary School49%
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102nd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #100Oasis Academy Short HeathGood
- #101Osborne Primary SchoolGood
- #102Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #103Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #104Paganel Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,725 (2024-25)
63rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #61Redhill Primary School£7,753
- #62Jervoise School£7,734
- #63Our Lady and St Rose of Lima Catholic Primary School£7,725
- #64Aston Tower Community Primary School£7,723
- #65Stanville Primary School£7,722
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