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St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided
Perry Common Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 7AB · stmgtmry.bham.sch.uk · 0121 464 6355
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Birmingham 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 353
- 38 over 315 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.6%
- First language not English
- 47.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 87% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 52 | 1.2▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 33 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 27 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% the higher standard. Across Birmingham it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2008Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 15
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied