St Mary's Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lodge Hill Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6NU – View on map
- Phone: 01216751729
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Bruce Warland
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 33 families put it first for 34 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 34 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 108
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.2%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 36% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.4% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 7% moved to another school, 93% 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 24 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 74% against an expected 65%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 77% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 78%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 60 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 67th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =67SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School73%
- =67St Brigid's Catholic Primary School73%
- =67St Mary's Church of England Primary School73%
- =67St Saviour's C of E Primary School73%
- =67Westminster Primary School73%
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145th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #147St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,321 (2024-25)
208th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #206Wylde Green Primary School£6,323
- #207Al-Furqan Primary School£6,322
- #208St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,321
- #209Paget Primary School£6,316
- #210Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School£6,290
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