Dorrington Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Birmingham, B42 1QR
- Distance
- 0.7km away
St Mark's Catholic Primary School
Almond Croft, Old Walsall Road, Birmingham, B42 1NU
Local ranking140th of 275 primary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
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
- 105 (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
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- 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
Almond Croft
Birmingham, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 148973
- UKPRN
- 10090182
- Establishment No.
- 3383
- Trust
- ST GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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