OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
25 June 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Local authority
Wolverhampton
Trust
ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
248
212 full-time ·
36 part-time
Female pupils
132
53.2% of pupils
Male pupils
116
46.8% of pupils
18.3 pts
above England
School
43.1%
Wolverhampton
42.9%
West Midlands
30.6%
England
24.8%
26.5 pts
above England
School
46.8%
Wolverhampton
30.3%
West Midlands
22.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Wolverhampton
0.4%
West Midlands
0.6%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
11.7%
29
Any other Asian background
6.0%
15
Any other Mixed background
3.6%
9
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
21.4%
53 of
248 pupils
0.5 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
18.2%
45 pupils
England
14.8%
3.4 pts
above
EHC plans
3.2%
8 pupils
England
6.0%
2.8 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
25
Social, emotional & mental health
16
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
Specific learning difficulty
3
Moderate learning difficulty
2
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
4.45%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
1.77 pts
lower than
England
School
4.45%
Wolverhampton
6.27%
West Midlands
6.28%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
11.58%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.24 pts
lower than
England
School
11.58%
Wolverhampton
17.16%
West Midlands
16.42%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Wolverhampton
1.51%
West Midlands
1.82%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
118.1%
29.9 pts
above England
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy
118.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.