St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 Mark's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Mark'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 | 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 197 of the 275 other Birmingham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, 10 of the 70 applications (14%) came from families living outside Birmingham, and 4 offers went to them; there were 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reading, writing and maths results for 2024/25 ranked 2nd lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Birmingham that have results.
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
- Almond Croft, Old Walsall Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 1NU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025
Strengths
- “Staff, pupils, parents and carers are proud members of a vibrant and caring school community.”
- “Pupils see school as a happy and safe place.”
- “They enjoy coming to school each morning and therefore attend well.”
To improve
- “However, in some instances, teachers do not notice if individual pupils find the learning difficult, have made errors or are ready for the next challenge.”
- “This means that sometimes teachers do not make the adjustments needed to ensure that all pupils learn well.”
- “However, the school does not monitor or evaluate the impact of its actions rigorously.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 2025 (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) | 60% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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.
- Dorrington Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Calshot Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grestone Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Beeches Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cherry Orchard Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Glenmead Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published