St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all evaluated areas. The school fosters a welcoming and supportive environment, ensuring that pupils feel happy and safe. Strong relationships between staff and students contribute to a positive atmosphere, facilitating high expectations for academic achievement, particularly in English and mathematics. The school's ethos is embedded in its curriculum, which is broad and ambitious, promoting both academic and personal development among its pupils. However, certain fluctuations in curriculum implementation and assessment methods have been identified, suggesting areas for growth.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• High expectations for all pupils to succeed
• Broad and ambitious curriculum
• Well-planned English, mathematics, and science education
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Rich extracurricular activities enhancing learning
• Strong emphasis on personal development and character building
• Positive feedback from parents about academic and pastoral support

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of curriculum in some subjects
• Assessment not effectively used in all subjects to check understanding
• Limited opportunities for curiosity and creativity in early years activities

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.4% of pupils at St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School received £6,252 and spent £6,378 for each of its 238 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£34 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School have?

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School has 239 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School cover?

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School?

St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School is at Weston Crescent, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0HA.