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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 232 pupils Wednesbury
Ofsted: Good
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Wednesbury for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 232 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2019 of its predecessor, St Mary's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: January 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Manor House Road
Wednesbury
West Midlands
WS10 9PN
Phone 01215053595
Reference Number 147795

General Makeup

Number of pupils 232
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.71%
Girls: 51.29%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 24.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 22%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 13 29
2 17 13 30
3 13 18 31
4 15 15 30
5 17 13 30
6 17 14 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 49.1%
African 13.4%
White, Other 7.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 7.3%
White & Asian 3.4%
Indian 2.6%
Caribbean 2.2%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Unclassified 0.9%
Mixed, Other 0.9%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, inspected in May 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 19 Nov 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
19 Nov 2024 School inspection
08 Apr 2020 Academy conversion letter
23 May 2019 Short inspection
Previously as St Mary's Catholic Primary School
07 May 2015 Full inspection:
17 Sep 2013 Monitoring visit
13 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
25 Apr 2012 Curriculum and development visit
24 May 2010 Full inspection:
17 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
14 Oct 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 52%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 100

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.1
Writing -0.3
Maths -1.4

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 3
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 12 5

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Mary's Catholic Primary School had 208 pupils for 207 places. That is 1 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Wednesbury Primary” planning area

Sandwell counted 490 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 472 in 2029–30, down 4%.

20212022202320242025
Places 207207207207207
Pupils 212207209210208
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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's Catholic Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.0%3.1%3.7%3.3%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.9%1.6%1.4%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.5%1.1%0.5%

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, 1.3% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.90.90.00.01.31.3
Permanent exclusions 000000

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's Catholic Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.410.712.312.611.911.6
Teachers who left state teaching 16.1%0.0%15.1%0.0%12.5%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 33.3%83.3%66.7%45.5%45.5%–
Sick days per teacher 9.36.84.38.46.9–

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, 17.2% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 26 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 8
Moderate learning difficulty 7 0
Social, emotional and mental health 5 1
Down's syndrome 0 1
Physical disability 0 1

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 2024–25 St Mary's Catholic Primary School received £6,937 and spent £7,633 for each of its 231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £128,000 (£555 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,565 and spending £7,594 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £288,000£288,000£269,000£286,000£128,000
per pupil £1,275£1,296£1,206£1,242£555
In-year balance -£3,000£52,000-£20,000£8,000-£160,000
per pupil -£13£234-£90£36-£696

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Wood Green Junior School
Hobs Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9BW
0.19 miles
Old Park Primary School
Old Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9LX
0.34 miles
Albert Pritchard Infant School
Crew Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QG
0.38 miles
St John's Church of England Primary Academy
Addison Terrace, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9AR
0.5 miles
Holyhead Primary Academy
Holyhead Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 7PZ
0.54 miles
Mesty Croft Primary
St Luke's Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0QY
0.59 miles
Kings Hill Primary School
Old Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9JG
0.64 miles
Park Hill Primary School
Coronation Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0TJ
0.89 miles
Tameside Primary Academy
Price Road, Wednesbury, WS10 0EZ
0.91 miles
Rowley View Nursery School
149 Dangerfield Lane, Wednesbury, WS10 7RU
0.94 miles
Salisbury Primary School
Salisbury Street, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8BQ
1 miles
Pinfold Street Primary School
Pinfold Street Extension, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8PU
1.08 miles
Old Church Church of England C Primary School
School Street, Off Alma Street, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8DL
1.16 miles
Moorlands Primary School
Winchester Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2NZ
1.24 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Darlaston
Rough Hay Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, WS10 8HN
1.31 miles
Moorcroft Wood Academy
Bull Lane, Bilston, Walsall, West Midlands, WV14 8NE
1.32 miles
Ocker Hill Infant School
Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0DS
1.33 miles
Ocker Hill Academy
Gospel Oak Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0DS
1.33 miles
Hillary Primary School
Hillary Street, Pleck, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9BP
1.33 miles
The Priory Primary School
Dorsett Road, Friar Park, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0JG
1.37 miles
Name Distance
Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School
Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QS
0.7 miles
Wood Green Academy
Wood Green Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9QU
0.75 miles
Wodensborough Ormiston Academy
Hydes Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0DR
0.97 miles
High Point Academy
Friar Park Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 0JS
1.19 miles
Gospel Oak School
Bilston Road, Gospel Oak, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0BZ
1.45 miles
Grace Academy Darlaston
Herberts Park Road, Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 8QJ
1.45 miles
Cherry Tree School
72 Queen Mary Street, Palfrey, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4AB
1.62 miles
The Phoenix Collegiate
Clarkes Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 2BX
1.63 miles
Abu Bakr Boys School
154-156 Wednesbury Road, Walsall, WS1 4JJ
1.65 miles
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walstead Road West, Walsall, West Midlands, WS5 4PG
1.66 miles
Abu Bakr Al-Ihsaan Academy
154- 160 Wednesbury Road, Palfrey, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4JJ
1.69 miles
West Walsall E-ACT Academy
Primley Avenue, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9UA
1.72 miles
Bescot Hall
Scarborough Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 9TY
1.74 miles
St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall
Darlaston Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV14 7BL
1.8 miles
Blackwater Academy Sandwell
Horseley Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7NB
2.17 miles
Q3 Academy Tipton
Alexandra Road, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 7NR
2.2 miles
Emmanuel School
Afro Caribbean Community Association, 36 Wolverhampton Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 8PR
2.23 miles
George Salter Academy
Davey Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 9UW
2.24 miles
Jane Lane School
Churchill Road, Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 0JH
2.28 miles
Walsall Studio School
14a Lower Hall Lane, The Goldmine Centre, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL
2.3 miles

All schools in Wednesbury · Sandwell local authority: places and applications

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 64 schools. The nearest others:

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

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2019 of its predecessor, St Mary's Catholic Primary School.

When was St Mary's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does St Mary's Catholic Primary School have?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School has 232 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Catholic Primary School?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is at Manor House Road, Wednesbury, West Midlands, WS10 9PN.

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