St Philip's Catholic Primary School, Smethwick

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Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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St Philip's Catholic Primary School

Messenger Road, Smethwick B66 3DU

https://www.st-philips.sandwell.sch.uk/

St Philip's Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic academy. It has about 230 boys and girls aged between 3 and 11. In May 2024 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company. (Other schools in this trust include St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Our Lady and St Hubert's Catholic Primary School, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School, St Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School and St Mary's RC Primary School.)

Particular strengths include Representation. Relative weaknesses include Admissions and Attendance.

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0.9		Summerfield Primary School
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0.9		Devonshire Infant Academy

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Representation: In balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both slightly out of balance with the local community.

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is about average. Progress in reading is below average. Progress in writing is about average.

Progress: About average. Progress in maths is about average, in reading it is below average and in writing it is about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attainment: Below average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is below average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Attendance: Below average. Pupil absence rates are quite high and the incidence of persistent absence is very high.

Finances: Poor. This is because the school budget has been in deficit

Environment: Poor. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all quite high.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is quite high.

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