St Gerard's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Yatesbury Avenue, Castle Vale, Birmingham, B35 6LB – View on map
- Phone: 01214642613
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katrina Bannister
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 110
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.2%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 17% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% 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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 74% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 93% · Writing 87% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 105
- 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 27th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =27Moseley Church of England Primary School80%
- =27St Columba's Catholic Primary School80%
- =27St Gerard's Catholic Primary School80%
- =27St Peter's Catholic Primary School80%
- =32Bournville Village Primary79%
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135th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #133St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #134St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and NurseryGood
- #135St Gerard's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #136St James Church of England Primary School, HandsworthGood
- #137St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,362 (2024-25)
100th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #98Arden Primary School£7,410
- #99Cromwell Junior and Infant School£7,390
- #100St Gerard's Catholic Primary School£7,362
- #101Bordesley Village Primary School£7,360
- #102Kings Rise Academy£7,355
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