St Edmund's Catholic Primary School
Rosebery Street, Springhill, Birmingham, B18 7PA
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Executive Headteacher
- Miss Kathryn Cairns
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birmingham, Ladywood
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 243
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- URN
- 103440
- Local authority
- Birmingham
About this school
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 198 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 |
| Writing progress | 0.00 |
| Maths progress | -2.40 |
How St Edmund's Catholic Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9% | 65.9% | 198 | — |
| Brookfields Primary School | 56% | 3.5% | 54.8% | 391 | 0.3 miles |
| St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 52% | 5.6% | 46.7% | 296 | 0.4 miles |
| Nelson Primary School | 72% | 4.9% | 48.7% | 443 | 0.5 miles |
| Barford Primary School | 59% | 6.8% | 47.8% | 409 | 0.5 miles |
| St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary | 70% | 5.5% | 71.4% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.9%
- English as an additional language
- 53%
- Overall absence
- 9%
- Persistent absence
- 34.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brookfields Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Nelson Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Barford Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
St John's & St Peter's CofE Primary0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
- Abbey Catholic Primary School Primary
- Acocks Green Primary School Primary
- Adderley Primary School Primary
- Al-Furqan Primary School Primary
- Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy Primary
- Allens Croft Primary School Primary
- Alston Primary School Primary
- Anderton Park Primary School Primary
- Anglesey Primary School Primary
- Arden Primary School Primary
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy Primary
- Aston Tower Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Edmund's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has St Edmund's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St Edmund's Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at St Edmund's Catholic Primary School?
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School had 198 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are St Edmund's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Edmund's Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 14 October 2024.