St Nicholas Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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 Nicholas Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Nicholas 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, 2nd lowest among this school and 5 of the 8 nearest Birmingham primary schools that have results.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 39 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 9 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception entry in 2026, there were 1.3 first choices per offer, the 17th highest of 269 Birmingham primary schools.
- The school has 31.8 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 20.
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
- Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5US
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 210 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school where they feel safe and well cared for.”
- “The school values of faith, achievement and happiness are at the heart of school life.”
- “Pupils and adults model them well.”
To improve
- “They have less experience of checking how well the curriculum is being taught across the school.”
- “Some subject leaders do not have precise enough knowledge of how well the curriculum is being delivered in all classes.”
- “Teachers in a small number of classes are not yet being supported sufficiently to put the new strategies in place consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 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: 39 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Boldmere Infant School and Nursery 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Boldmere Junior School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Wylde Green Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Maney Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- New Oscott Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Town House Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Twickenham Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Court Farm Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published