St Mark's Catholic Primary School

Almond Croft, Old Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1NU

Local ranking139th of 273 primary schools in Birmingham

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

210

Capacity

4-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from St Mark's Catholic Primary School (URN 103468) since 1 April 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 60.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 3.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 80.0%
Writing (Expected): 67.0%
Maths (Expected): 77.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 90.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 106.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 105.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 107.0
Cohort Size: 30

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 208
Boys: 103 (50%)
Girls: 104 (50%)
Capacity: 210 (99% full)
SEND: 9.1%
FSM Eligible: 43.3%
EAL: 68.8%
SEN with EHC Plan: 1.9%
SEN Support: 7.2%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 21.2:1
Teachers (FTE): 9.8
Budget per Pupil: £7,135/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 4.9% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 9.1% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Roman Catholic
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Not applicable
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

Asian Indian: 14.5%
Black African: 14.0%
White British: 12.6%
Mixed Other: 10.6%
White Other: 10.1%
Asian Pakistani: 9.7%
Black Caribbean: 8.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.8%

14.5%

Asian Indian

14.0%

Black African

12.6%

White British

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01213579892

enquiry@stmarkrc.bham.sch.uk

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Almond Croft

Birmingham, West Midlands

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Administrative

URN: 148973
UKPRN: 10090182
Establishment No.: 3383
Trust: ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

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