SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Chantry Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8DW – View on map
- Phone: 01214645868
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Melanie Elliott
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 21 families put it first for 26 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 6 · 2024 8 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 71
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.7%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 58% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 25.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 30% moved to another school, 70% 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: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 12 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 66% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 107
- 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 67th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =67Holy Cross Catholic Primary School73%
- =67Lakey Lane Primary School73%
- =67SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School73%
- =67St Brigid's Catholic Primary School73%
- =67St Mary's Church of England Primary School73%
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112th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #110Robin Hood AcademyGood
- #111Rookery SchoolGood
- #112SS John and Monica Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #113SS Mary & John Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #114Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,325 (2024-25)
105th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #103Lift Four Dwellings Primary£7,346
- #104Chandos Primary School£7,338
- #105SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School£7,325
- #106Grestone Academy£7,322
- #107St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School£7,304
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