Primary school in Birmingham
The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School
Oliver Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 9ER
Ofsted
Graded Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 30 November 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 199
- Places
- 232
- How full
- 86% full — 199 of 232 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 96 / 103
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Birmingham 060C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 46%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 19%
- Households owning their home
- 55%
- Households in social housing
- 11%
- Households with no car
- 31%
- Adults economically inactive
- 38%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Mary Lynch
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Ward
- Ladywood
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- URN
- 150954
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's & St Peter's CofE PrimaryAcademy sponsor led | Good 2024 | 70% | 0.3 mi |
| St George's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 62% | 0.3 mi |
| Barford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 59% | 0.6 mi |
| Nelson Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 72% | 0.6 mi |
| St Patrick and St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 52% | 0.6 mi |
| Norfolk House SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 0.8 mi |
| City Road Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 69% | 0.8 mi |
| Summerfield Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Requires improvement 2022 | 41% | 0.9 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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