St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QW – View on map
- Phone: 01212473947
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Lauren Breslin
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 17 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 17 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 121
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 44% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.8% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 36 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Moderate 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: 52% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 54% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 60% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 77%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 48 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 221st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =221Nonsuch Primary School52%
- =221St Cuthbert's RC Junior and Infant (NC) School52%
- =221St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School52%
- =225Birches Green Primary School51%
- =225Hollywood Primary School51%
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149th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #151St Peters CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,880 (2024-25)
17th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #15St Chad's Catholic Primary School£9,020
- #16Wyndcliffe Primary School£8,971
- #17St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School£8,880
- #18St Paul's Catholic Primary School£8,867
- #19Kitwell Primary School£8,655
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