Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant SchoolSt Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Walsall.

Summary of the comparison

Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School and St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School are primary schools in Walsall.

  • Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School scores 78 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School was judged Good and St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School (80.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School versus St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WalsallBlue Coat Church of England Aided Infant SchoolWalsallSt Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100B78/100Stronger figure
Local ranking64th of 66 in Walsall 3rd of 66 in Walsall Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll317 235
Capacity296 210
LocationWalsall, WS1 3AF Walsall, WS1 3AY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported73.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported107.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported108.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census317 235
Free school meals (ever 6)40.6% 20.1%
English as an additional language56.5% 34.0%
SEN support10.7% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan6.6% 3.4%
Attendance
Overall absence6.7% 4.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.7% 10.3% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School

St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School

Full profiles: Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School · St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School