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

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

St Mary’s C of E Primary and Nursery in Handsworth sits within Birmingham’s state primary landscape, and its headline Key Stage 2 results tell a story that’s worth unpacking. The local authority average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 63 per cent; St Mary’s achieves 43 per cent, a gap of 20 percentage points. That places the school in the bottom half of Birmingham’s 254 primaries, ranked 238th, and in the bottom 12 per cent nationally. However, the picture isn’t uniformly low. In reading, 70 per cent of pupils hit the expected standard, and the average reading score of 104 sits above the national benchmark of 100. Maths tells a similar story at 102, though only 61 per cent of pupils reached the expected level in that subject. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in November 2023, confirmed it remains Good, with leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all rated Good. Its previous graded inspection in 2018 also awarded Good, while the 2012 inspection had rated the school Outstanding.

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