St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birmingham, B42 1NU
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Dorrington Academy
Dorrington Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1QR
Local ranking63rd of 275 primary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 17 August 2026
Primary
Phase
708
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 75.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 18.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 111.0
- Cohort Size
- 72
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 633
- Boys
- 300 (47%)
- Girls
- 333 (53%)
- Capacity
- 708 (89% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.5%
- EAL
- 35.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,733/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 33.4%
- Asian Indian: 16.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 15.9%
- Black Caribbean: 5.5%
- Mixed Other: 4.9%
- Black African: 4.2%
- Other: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.9%
33.4%
Asian Pakistani
16.1%
Asian Indian
15.9%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Dorrington Road
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138218
- UKPRN
- 10037455
- Establishment No.
- 2065
- Trust
- DORRINGTON ACADEMY TRUST
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