St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Martin de Porres 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
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
- Oakland Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9DN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “At St Martin De Porres, pupils learn and play in a calm, nurturing environment where they feel safe.”
- “They speak warmly about school and treat adults and one another with respect.”
- “They behave very well in lessons, which keeps classrooms purposeful and ensures pupils are focused on learning.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, this pattern is not reflected across all pupil groups.”
- “Occasionally, the work pupils are asked to complete does not match what they are able to do.”
- “This hinders pupils' progress in a small number of cases.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 61% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 24 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.
- Park Hill Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Moseley Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Anderton Park Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King David Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ark Tindal Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Clifton Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published