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Mary Howard Church of England Primary School

Primary · Tamworth · B79 9JJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 10 June 2025

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At a glance

46 pupils · 73% of 63 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
15.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://maryhoward.staffs.sch.uk/
URN
150422

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2013; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 10 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
100%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school100%
Median of its 12 closest peers53%
Staffordshire average66.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolTamworth · 3 miles awayGood44%
Gainford Church of England Primary School and PreschoolDarlington · 127 miles awayGood67%
Bredenbury Primary SchoolBromyard · 51 miles awayGood78%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakBishop's Stortford · 102 miles awayExpected standard56%
Stanton Drew Primary SchoolBristol · 100 miles awayGood45%
Owslebury Primary SchoolWinchester · 119 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Middleham Church of England Aided SchoolLeyburn · 109 miles awayGood56%
Somersham Primary SchoolIpswich · 123 miles awayGood56%
Church Broughton CofE Primary SchoolDerby · 13 miles awayGood (2016)33%
Tetsworth Primary SchoolThame · 75 miles awayRequires improvement70%
Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · 121 miles awayGood50%
St James' CofE Primary School, ColdwalthamPulborough · 131 miles awayGood20%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 87% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 11% (Staffordshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Staffordshire 1%, England 1%)

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)
2.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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
10.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 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 £50,372; 20% 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 (2024-25)

This school£11,667
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £79,000; in-year balance +£34,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier73.5%62.3%
Social housing10.2%17.1%
Privately rented15.9%20.5%
Detached houses53.8%22.9%
Flats3.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van3.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029516 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£373,00014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£266,000–£544,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£510,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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