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St Mark's Catholic Primary School

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personMrs Danielle Linley

corporate_fareTHE ST JOHN BOSCO CATHOLIC ACADEMY

location_onBirmingham, B42 1NU

language Visit Website phone 1213579892

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2025

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Students

211

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Expected Standard

60%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Mark's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Birmingham, serving ages 4-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 60% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Mark's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Birmingham, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of THE ST JOHN BOSCO CATHOLIC ACADEMY. The school has approximately 208 pupils on roll, of whom 43% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 3% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #149 of 259 primaries in Birmingham and #6,101 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 21.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 0.7 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 60%

Reading80% LA 72%

Writing67% LA 69%

Maths77% LA 71%

Read SS

106

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

70%

LA 58%England 61%

Reading70% LA 70% · Eng 74%

Writing70% LA 69% · Eng 72%

Maths77% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

60%

LA 56%England 60%

Reading77% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths80% LA 69% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.2

Read

LA 0.0

-2.5 to 2.0

-0.6

Write

LA -0.2

-2.8 to 1.5

0.4

Maths

LA 0.3

-1.7 to 2.5

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

04 February 2025

Inspection Report

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24 June 2022

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-02-04

S5 Inspection EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2012-07-03

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

2008-11-27

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.5%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.5%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 208 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.5%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	208	1	0.5%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	207	2	1.0%	0.9%	1
2023/24 (Summer term)	210	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	209	2	1.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	208	1	0.5%	0.8%	1
2022/23 (Summer term)	210	1	0.5%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	211	2	0.9%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	210	0	0.0%	0.6%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 8 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 5 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 2 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

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St Mark's Catholic Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Roman Catholic)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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