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St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School

Primary · Birmingham · B13 9DN

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 19 April 2026

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At a glance

202 pupils · 96% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-martindeporres.bham.sch.uk
URN
103467

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

28 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
61%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school61%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
Birmingham average64.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Bells Farm Primary SchoolBirmingham · 3 miles awayGood73%
Kirkstall St Stephen's Church of England (VA) Primary SchoolLeeds · 95 miles awayGood47%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 6 miles awayStrong standard73%
St Theresa's Catholic Primary SchoolChester · 68 miles awayGood48%
Sowe Valley Primary SchoolCoventry · 18 miles awayExpected standard62%
Holy Trinity and Saint Silas CofE Primary School, NW1London · 97 miles awayExpected standard79%
St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School AthertonManchester · 79 miles awayNeeds attention54%
Ashleigh CofE Primary SchoolBarnstaple · 132 miles awayGood79%
Worksop Priory Church of England Primary AcademyWorksop · 67 miles awayGood63%
Brickhouse Primary SchoolRowley Regis · 8 miles awayGood47%
Moorlands Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 8 miles awayExpected standard55%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolLeeds · 95 miles awayStrong standard93%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 59% (Birmingham 23%, England 5%) · Not recorded 10% (Birmingham 2%, England 1%) · Black African 4% (Birmingham 10%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Birmingham 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Birmingham 2%, England 2%) · White British 3% (Birmingham 24%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 2% (Birmingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Birmingham 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Birmingham 7%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Birmingham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Birmingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Birmingham 4%, England 7%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.90 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Birmingham: 2.51 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 16 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,730; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,585
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £74,465; in-year balance +£33,568

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier41.4%62.3%
Social housing15.6%17.1%
Privately rented42.9%20.5%
Detached houses9%22.9%
Flats63.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van36.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01009385 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£212,000402 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,500–£400,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (47)£707,000
Semi-detached (64)£500,000
Terraced (113)£285,000
Flat (178)£155,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
53an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
10an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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