St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Great Colmore Street, Lee Bank, Birmingham, B15 2AY – View on map
- Phone: 01216921051
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Edward McNamara
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 59 families put it first for 30 places – 20 for every 10 places. 46% 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 17 · 2024 19 · 2025 17 · 2026 20
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 79
- % eligible for free school meals: 35.4%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 64% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.3% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- 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. "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: 3.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or 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: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 19% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 78% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 78%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 87% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 110
- Based on: 31 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 13th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =13Nishkam Primary School Birmingham84%
- =13Penns Primary School84%
- =13St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School84%
- =13St Mary's Catholic Primary School84%
- =13Wylde Green Primary School84%
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126th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #124St Bernard's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #125St Brigid's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #126St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #127St Chad's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #128St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,876 (2024-25)
147th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #145St Edward's Catholic Primary School£6,931
- #146St Bernard's Catholic Primary School£6,901
- #147St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School£6,876
- #148Summerfield Primary School£6,876
- #149Manor Park Primary Academy£6,874
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