St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School

School overview

St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School is a primary school serving Birmingham, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 349 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 17.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 19% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 52 first choices for 45 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Margaret Mary RC Junior and Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.