Blessed Dominic Barberi Catholic Primary School
Primary school · Academy sponsor led · ages 3 to 11 · Mixed
Oliver Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 9ER
- Pupils199
- Ages3 to 11
- Latest Ofsted30 Nov 2022
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Shown exactly as Ofsted published them, each with its own date.
Graded inspection · 30 Nov 2022
This inspection was of a predecessor school (The Oratory Roman Catholic Primary School), before it reopened under its current reference number. Ofsted says grades of a predecessor school can’t, in law, transfer to the new one.
Category of concern: Special measures. What this means.
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementInadequate
- Early years provisionInadequate
- Safeguarding is effectiveYes
Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · report published 14 Feb 2023
Read the full reports on Ofsted’s website (opens in a new tab) — they explain the reasons behind each grade.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 199 (capacity 232)
96 girls, 103 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 56.8% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy sponsor led (Academies)
- Phase
- Primary
- Trust
- ST. JOHN PAUL II MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Sponsor
- The John Paul II MAC (Sutton Coldfield)
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2025
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- URN
- 150954 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
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How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.