St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Drayton Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7LP – View on map
- Phone: 01214644648
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Matthew Tehan
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 29 places – 10 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 96
- % eligible for free school meals: 36.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 28.7% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 10.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 76% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 76%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 81% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 108
- Based on: 52 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 25th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- #24Moor Hall Primary School82%
- =25Chilcote Primary School81%
- =25St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School81%
- =27Christ The King Catholic Primary School80%
- =27Moseley Church of England Primary School80%
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132nd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #130St Columba's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #131St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) SchoolGood
- #132St Dunstan's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #133St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #134St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and NurseryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,610 (2024-25)
76th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #74George Dixon Primary School£7,623
- #75Anderton Park Primary School£7,614
- #76St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School£7,610
- #77St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant School£7,599
- #78Sacred Heart Catholic School£7,587
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