The Rosary Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bridge Road, Saltley, Birmingham, B8 3SF – View on map
- Phone: 01214644519
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Anne Norris
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 15 families put it first for 17 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 183
- % eligible for free school meals: 58.7%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 45% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.6% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 29.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 48 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 36 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 49% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 55% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 55%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 58% · Writing 73% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 102
- Based on: 55 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 231st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =231Anglesey Primary School49%
- =231Rednal Hill Junior School49%
- =231The Rosary Catholic Primary School49%
- =234Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School48%
- =234Firs Primary School48%
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166th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #164The Orchards Primary AcademyGood
- #165The Oval SchoolGood
- #166The Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #167Timberley AcademyGood
- #168Topcliffe Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,851 (2024-25)
153rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #151Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School£6,863
- #152William Murdoch Primary School£6,852
- #153The Rosary Catholic Primary School£6,851
- #154Turves Green Primary School£6,838
- #155Marlborough Primary School£6,820
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