St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School, Tamworth
Data last updated 31 Aug 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Gabriel's is a warm and caring school where pupils arrive happy and feel safe. The school teaches reading well from the early years onwards, and provides excellent support for children with additional needs. Pupils benefit from a wide range of musical and sporting opportunities, and develop strong personal values including tolerance and respect for others.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are quickly addressed
- Excellent attendance rates, typically above national averages
- Positive behaviour across the school with pupils showing respect and good manners
- Well-planned early years curriculum with children making good progress in reading and mathematics
- Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disadvantaged pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Gaps in spelling, punctuation and handwriting are limiting pupils' achievement in writing
- Teachers do not always use checks on learning effectively to help pupils correct common writing errors
- Some curriculum subjects are not taught as well as they should be
- Sometimes teachers' questioning and checks of learning do not identify pupils' errors quickly enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - the school has created an open and positive safeguarding culture where all legal requirements are fulfilled and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Rock Steady band, sports competitions, music opportunities, charity and fundraising events, pupil chaplaincy roles, school council roles
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School is a welcoming school where pupils feel safe and happy, with warm relationships and positive behaviour at its core. However, there are gaps in pupils' spelling, punctuation and handwriting that affect their achievement in writing.
At a Glance
18.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 74%. Maths has improved from 65% to 77%. Writing has improved from 75% to 79%.
Class Sizes
26.6
Avg class size
22.5
Infant (KS1)
29.6
KS2
14
Total classes
5 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
358 pupils
407 capacity
49 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Tamworth
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Tamworth
Admissions Demand - Staffordshire
Places available
10,783
Applications
8,531
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across Staffordshire (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.40234%
Overall absence
8.33333%
Persistent absence
336
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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