St Benedict's Primary School
General Information
- Address: St Benedict's Road, Birmingham, B10 9DP – View on map
- Phone: 01214646420
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Nott
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 21 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 9 · 2024 7 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 172
- % eligible for free school meals: 56.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 95% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 20.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 6.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 23.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for AutismModerate learning difficulties 24 places · 25 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: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 23 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 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: 24% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 41 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 36% against an expected 57%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 36%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 40% · Writing 45% · Maths 48% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 48%
- Average test scores: reading 99, maths 99
- Based on: 62 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: 262nd of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- #260Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base32%
- #261George Dixon Primary School26%
- #262St Benedict's Primary School24%
- #263Topcliffe Primary School20%
- #264Forestdale Primary School15%
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122nd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #120St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #121St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #122St Benedict's Primary SchoolGood
- #123St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #124St Bernard's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,797 (2024-25)
58th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #56St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School£7,817
- #57Calshot Primary School£7,799
- #58St Benedict's Primary School£7,797
- #59Warren Farm Primary School£7,767
- #60Chad Vale Primary School£7,762
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