St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Rocky Lane, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5HA – View on map
- Phone: 01214648140
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Ashley
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 142
- % eligible for free school meals: 78.0%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 77% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.7% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 47% moved to another school, 53% 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 29.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 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: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 56% against an expected 54%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 57% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 28 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 195th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =195Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School57%
- =195SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School57%
- =195St Joseph's Catholic Primary School57%
- =195St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth57%
- =202Anderton Park Primary School56%
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121st of 170 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #119St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #120St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #121St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #122St Jude's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #123St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,473 (2024-25)
23rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #21Woodcock Hill Primary School£8,490
- #22Court Farm Primary School£8,487
- #23St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£8,473
- #24Highters Heath Community School£8,450
- #25Park Hill Primary School£8,422
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