SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 March 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
SS Mary & John 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 Reception place in 2026, and 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham.
- Reception 2026 had 47 first-choice applications for 49 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- 52.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 50.2% 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
- Beaufort Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 7NB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 424 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 March 2023
Strengths
- “There is a warm, calm and welcoming atmosphere at St Mary and St John School.”
- “Pupils said, ‘Our school is a sanctuary.”
- “This is a very distinctive feature of its inclusive and community-minded spirit.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders have not provided teachers with sufficient detail as to what pupils should learn.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, pupils do not achieve as well as they might.”
- “However, in a small number of subjects, subject leaders are not so well informed about the quality of pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 May 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) | 57% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 47 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.
- Slade Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Erdington Hall Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Featherstone Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Barnabas Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Osborne Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Brookvale Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Birches Green Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marsh Hill Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published