St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School, Tamworth

Ofsted's report card from its 6 May 2026 inspection grades St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "The school is a welcoming place for pupils."

Early years - Expected standard. "The school's early years curriculum clearly outlines what staff should teach children and when."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school ensures a careful focus on the wellbeing and learning of individual pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders at St Gabriel's have a clear vision based around their values and ethos."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a well-considered personal development programme, rooted in their vision for pupils to build on the ethos and values of the school."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils across the school have gaps in their essential skills in spelling, punctuation and handwriting."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Sometimes, teachers do not use checks on learning to help pupils to correct their common errors, particularly when writing."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure consistent practice and precise modelling of writing skills by staff leads to improving foundational knowledge across the school"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment strategies are used consistently well to make changes to teaching and ensure that gaps in pupils' knowledge are addressed"; "Leaders, including governors, should build on the improvements that they have made by checking rigorously on the impact of their approaches so the school does all it can to ensure that pupils achieve as well as possible".

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £10.00 per session.

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils at St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 68% in reading and 65% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 39 families put St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 40 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School are St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 75% reading, 79% maths); Bird's Bush Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 63% reading, 68% maths); and Two Gates Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 55% reading, 48% maths).

St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

In 2026, 54 pupils (15.1%) received SEN support and 7 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Wilnecote (Staffs) Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wilnecote Lane (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 214 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.