St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 20.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham is 34.7%.
- For Reception 2026 there were 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Vivian Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 0DN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “Parent, staff and pupil questionnaire responses endorse that pupils feel safe.”
- “This is because pupils are well cared for by staff.”
To improve
- “However, what pupils learn in some other subjects and areas of learning is less well-sequenced and developed.”
- “However, content delivered in some areas of learning in the early years and some subjects in key stages 1 and 2 are sequenced less well.”
- “Pupils do not build on their prior knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 84% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Harborne Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peters CofE Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chad Vale Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Water Mill Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Paganel Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Tiverton Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published