# SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School

SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Birmingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 424 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E146268. [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 424
- Council: Birmingham
- URN: 146268

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), March 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 7 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 57% of pupils at SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Birmingham and 62% in England.
2% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Birmingham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Oscott Manor School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oscott-manor-school-e151642): 600 m. Special. Inadequate (overall), June 2024, before the school changed, special measures
- [Featherstone Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/featherstone-nursery-school-e103139): 600 m. Nursery. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Slade Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/slade-primary-school-e138590): 650 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, May 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Queensbury School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/queensbury-school-e146858): 680 m. Special. Good (overall), May 2023
- [Erdington Hall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/erdington-hall-primary-school-e138194): 850 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Erdington Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/erdington-academy-e143413): 870 m. Secondary. Good (overall), April 2023. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/146268)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146268)

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