St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5US – View on map
- Phone: 01213552649
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Neil Porter
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 39 families put it first for 30 places – 13 for every 10 places. 77% 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 10 · 2024 13 · 2025 14 · 2026 13
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 8
- % eligible for free school meals: 3.8%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 27.9% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 62% moved to another school, 38% 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: 3.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 2.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 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: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 67% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 60% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 109
- 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 171st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =171St Joseph's Catholic Primary School60%
- =171St Mark's Catholic Primary School60%
- =171St Nicholas Catholic Primary School60%
- =171Timberley Academy60%
- =171Yardley Primary School60%
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148th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #146St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, HandsworthGood
- #147St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #148St Nicholas Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #149St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #150St Peter and St Paul RC Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,080 (2024-25)
222nd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #220Bournville Village Primary£6,130
- #221The Olive School, Birmingham£6,083
- #222St Nicholas Catholic Primary School£6,080
- #223St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£6,045
- #224Green Meadow Primary School£6,044
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