St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Vivian Road, Birmingham, B17 0DN
418 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Free school meals
- 20.1%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 24 January 2023, published 8 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 84% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 14% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 70 | 191 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 59 | 173 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 61 | 198 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 54 | 188 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 59 | 199 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 61 | 68 | 229 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 81 | 231 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 59 | 49 | 194 | 59 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Peters CofE Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Chad Vale Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Water Mill Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources Base 1.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Paganel Primary School 1.8 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School 1.9 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.