St Mary's Catholic Primary School

South Staffordshire · ST19 9BG

General information Primary School · 2-11 years Who goes here 91 pupils, 22.4% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Wharf Lane, Brewood, Stafford, ST19 9BG – View on map
Phone: 01902850261
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Tamsin Davis
Age range: 2-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 13 families put it first for 13 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 13 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 15 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

91 pupils out of 106 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 19
% eligible for free school meals: 22.4%
Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the South Staffordshire average)
English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 33.8% a year (South Staffordshire 15.6%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Staffordshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (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 Staffordshire (the council area this school is in), 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: 5.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 15.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card May 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 86% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 14% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 22 percentage points above the South Staffordshire average (64%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 78% against an expected 67%)
3-year average (expected standard): 78%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 86% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 112
Based on: 7 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

This schoolSouth Staffordshire averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 22 percentage points above the South Staffordshire average (64%).

Year 6 SATs: 2nd of 19 junior and primary schools in the area

#1St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School91%
#2St Mary's Catholic Primary School86%
#3St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School83%
#4Blakeley Heath Primary School81%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School91%
#2St Mary's Catholic Primary School86%
#3St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School83%
#4Blakeley Heath Primary School81%
#5Moat Hall Primary Academy75%
#6All Saints' CofE Primary School74%
#7Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy71%
=8Brindley Heath Junior School Academy70%
=8Littleton Green Community School70%
=8St John's Primary Academy70%
#11Featherstone Academy69%
=12Corbett VA CofE Primary School67%
=12St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy67%
=14Glenthorne Community Primary School66%
=14Westfield Primary School66%
#16Landywood Primary School62%
#17Havergal CofE (C) Primary School59%
#18St John's CofE (C) Primary School47%
#19All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall33%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,291 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

5th of 32 primary schools in South Staffordshire for spending per pupil

#3St John's CofE (C) Primary School£8,512
#4St Chad's CofE (VC) First School£8,443
#5St Mary's Catholic Primary School£8,291
#6St John's CofE First School£8,199
#7Perton First School£7,800

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1All Saints CofE Primary School, Bednall£14,083
#2Corbett VA CofE Primary School£10,288
#3St John's CofE (C) Primary School£8,512
#4St Chad's CofE (VC) First School£8,443
#5St Mary's Catholic Primary School£8,291
#6St John's CofE First School£8,199
#7Perton First School£7,800
#8Glenthorne Community Primary School£7,601
#9St Mary's CofE First Academy£7,534
#10Landywood Primary School£7,390
#11Lane Green First School£7,299
#12Havergal CofE (C) Primary School£7,092
#13St Leonard's CofE First School£7,013
#14Blakeley Heath Primary School£6,940
#15Littleton Green Community School£6,926
#16St Michael's CofE (A) First School£6,815
#17Westfield Primary School£6,610
#18Moat Hall Primary Academy£6,560
#19All Saints' CofE Primary School£6,397
#20Marshbrook First School£6,369
#21St Christopher's Catholic Primary Academy£6,323
#22St Paul's CofE First School£6,255
#23Perton Primary Academy£6,215
#24Birches First School£6,167
#25St Mary and St Chad CofE First School£6,034
#26Featherstone Academy£6,025
#27Cheslyn Hay Primary Academy£6,022
#28St Nicholas Church of England First School£5,957
#29St Benedict Biscop CofE Primary School£5,797
#30Princefield First School£5,652
#31St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School£5,316
#32St John's Primary Academy£5,199

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