St Mary's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Vivian Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0DN – View on map
- Phone: 01214642141
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Louise Yorke
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 70 families put it first for 60 places – 12 for every 10 places. 83% of them were offered a place. 2 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 84
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.1%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 43% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 68% moved to another school, 32% 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.
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: 3.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 8 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 67%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 95% · Writing 93% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 107
- Based on: 58 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 13th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =13Penns Primary School84%
- =13St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School84%
- =13St Mary's Catholic Primary School84%
- =13Wylde Green Primary School84%
- =19Jervoise School83%
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144th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #142St Jude's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #143St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #144St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #145St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #146St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, HandsworthGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,956 (2024-25)
228th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #226Chilcote Primary School£5,996
- #227Holy Cross Catholic Primary School£5,976
- #228St Mary's Catholic Primary School£5,956
- #229Yarnfield Primary School£5,929
- #230Parkfield Community School£5,918
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