St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth
General Information
- Address: Hamstead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B20 2RW – View on map
- Phone: 01215543751
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jo Booker
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 28 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 129
- % eligible for free school meals: 36.0%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 44% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.6% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 7.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 24.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 31 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
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: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 75% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 53 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 195th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =195SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School57%
- =195St Joseph's Catholic Primary School57%
- =195St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth57%
- =202Anderton Park Primary School56%
- =202Brookfields Primary School56%
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146th of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #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
- #148St Nicholas Catholic Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,838 (2024-25)
233rd of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #231Heathlands Primary Academy£5,911
- #232Mere Green Primary School£5,848
- #233St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth£5,838
- #234Kings Heath Primary School£5,811
- #235Prince Albert Junior and Infant School£5,800
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