St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 October 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, lowest among this school and the 7 of the 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools that have results.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers, with 27 offers going to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families not offered a place.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 1.2 first choices per offer, the 25th highest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Little Sutton Lane, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6PB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 357 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to St Joseph’s.”
- “Warm relationships are at the heart of the school.”
- “The staff care about the pupils.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally the delivery of the curriculum does not provide sufficient challenge for some pupils, including some pupils with SEND.”
- “However, some of the information the school holds on aspects such as attainment and behaviour is not analysed coherently.”
- “This makes it difficult to track the impact of actions on groups of pupils over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 60% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Whitehouse Common Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coppice Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moor Hall Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Town House Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mere Green Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hollyfield Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Little Sutton Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maney Hill Primary School 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published