Academy · Birmingham
St Francis Catholic Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 4–11
- Roman Catholic
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Birmingham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a primary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 23 families put this school as their first choice, and 26 places were offered. 23 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Skools Out. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 26 November 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024). It was inspected as St Francis Catholic Primary School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 338 (capacity 420)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Academy trust
- ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Phone
- 01214645072
- Address
- Nursery Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B19 1PH
- Website
- stfranrc.bham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.