St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth

Academy converter·Primary school Birmingham·B20 2RW
Composite score
47.6
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#8,160
National rank
#852
In West Midlands
#160
In Birmingham
Top 55%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
89
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8020230.8820240.9120250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
382
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
47.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
29.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,838
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth at a glance

Located in Birmingham, St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 382 pupils aged 3 to 11. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. St Marys C of E Primary and Nursery, Academy, Handsworth 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.

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