St Mark's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Almond Croft, Old Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1NU – View on map
- Phone: 01213579892
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Emma Whittingham
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 25 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 25 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 83
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.1%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 65% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 63% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 67% · Maths 77% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 171st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =171Nelson Mandela School60%
- =171St Joseph's Catholic Primary School60%
- =171St Mark's Catholic Primary School60%
- =171St Nicholas Catholic Primary School60%
- =171Timberley Academy60%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,135 (2024-25)
123rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #121Nansen Primary School£7,173
- #122Featherstone Primary School£7,153
- #123St Mark's Catholic Primary School£7,135
- #124Hillstone Primary School£7,126
- #125Albert Bradbeer Primary Academy£7,112
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