St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Horse Shoes Lane, Birmingham, B26 3HU – View on map
- Phone: 01217433289
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark McLoughlin
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 48 families put it first for 45 places – 11 for every 10 places. 92% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 45 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 121
- % eligible for free school meals: 36.6%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 18.2% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 6.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 16.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- 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: 42% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 23 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 60% · Maths 56% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 101
- Based on: 57 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: 249th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =246Gunter Primary School43%
- =246Sundridge Primary School43%
- #249St Thomas More Catholic Primary School42%
- =250Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School41%
- =250Summerfield Primary School41%
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154th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #152St Saviour's C of E Primary SchoolGood
- #153St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #154St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #155St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #156St Wilfrid's Catholic Junior and Infant SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,191 (2024-25)
216th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #214Greet Primary School£6,212
- #215Holy Trinity CE Primary Academy (Handsworth)£6,195
- #216St Thomas More Catholic Primary School£6,191
- #217Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy£6,172
- #218Moor Green Primary Academy£6,148
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