Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Winchfield Drive, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 8TR – View on map
- Phone: 01214292900
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr John-Paul Shanahan
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 29 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 37
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 77% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 77%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 83% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 107
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 45th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =45Chad Vale Primary School77%
- =45Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery77%
- =45Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School77%
- =45St Alban's Catholic Primary School77%
- =45St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Handsworth77%
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193rd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #191Chandos Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #192Fairway Primary AcademyRequires improvement
- #193Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #194Summerfield Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #195The Meadows Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,290 (2024-25)
210th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #208St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,321
- #209Paget Primary School£6,316
- #210Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School£6,290
- #211Whitehouse Common Primary School£6,270
- #212Heathfield Primary School£6,257
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