St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Little Sutton Lane, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6PBOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Sutton Coldfield for ages 5 to 11. It is one of the 501 schools in Birmingham. It ranks 23rd of 25 primary schools in Sutton Coldfield. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 24 October 2023, report published 27 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 24 October 2023
Pupils are proud to belong to St Joseph's. Warm relationships are at the heart of the school. The staff care about the pupils. Pupils say that this makes them feel valued and safe. The school has high expectations of its pupils. Pupils work hard and take pride in their work. They achieve well. Children flourish right from the start in the early years. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school. Pupils' behaviour is outstanding. Pupils are respectful and considerate towards everyone. The school's values underpin everything and are evident in the way in which staff and pupils behave and act. Pupils behave impeccably both in lessons and at breaktimes. Through the buddy system, older pupils pass on to the youngest pupils the importance of being kind and using good manners. The school makes sure that pupils benefit from a rich variety of activities. This includes clubs such as football, walk and talk club, chess and art club, to name but a few. Trips to places of worship, rivers and castles make classroom learning come to life. The school values pupils' ideas and opinions. For example, the school council and the 'Mission Team' selected and planted the plants in the memorial prayer garden.
What the school should improve
- The school does not consistently analyse and use all the information it collects about the work it does carefully enough. As a result, those who are responsible for holding others to account and providing appropriate challenge are not always sufficiently clear about the impact of some actions taken and decisions made. The school should make sure that it evaluates the impact of its work more fully to inform further decisions and actions to improve the school.
- On occasion, the way in which the curriculum is adapted to meet the needs of some groups of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, is not as successful as it could be. As a result, some pupils are not achieving as highly as they should across the curriculum. The school should ensure that strategies and interventions used to support some pupils enable them to achieve as well as their peers in all subjects.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
62 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
357 pupils on roll, with places for 210
Schools near St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse Common Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 79% met the expected standard |
| Coppice Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 92% met the expected standard |
| Moor Hall Primary School | 0.9 miles | Ofsted judgements: Outstanding | 82% met the expected standard |
| Town House Primary School | 1 mile | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| Mere Green Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 64% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michelle Walsh
- Phone
- 01213546270
- Address
- Little Sutton Lane, Sutton Coldfield, B75 6PB
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- URN
- 140528
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.