St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School, Birmingham

Ofsted's report card from its 20 January 2026 inspection grades St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have implemented attendance improvement strategies with increasing consistency."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders set high expectations for every pupil and keep inclusion at the heart of school life."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders provide a coherent programme that promotes pupils' personal development and wellbeing across the school day."

Achievement - Expected standard. "There is an improving picture of achievement."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years provision offers a calm, orderly start to school."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders and governors set clear direction and place pupils' needs at the centre of decisions."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that writing tasks for pupils in key stages 1 and 2 align to phonics ability so that pupils secure firm foundations and are not given tasks that they are not ready for"; "Leaders should continue to develop the outdoor area in the early years so that children have access to a range of activities that span all the areas of learning both inside and outside".

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 62% in reading and 66% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 59 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School are Park Hill Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 74% maths); Moseley Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 87% reading, 90% maths); Anderton Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 65% reading, 75% maths); and King David Primary School (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 76% reading, 76% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School.

51 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

40.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 50 pupils (24.8%) received SEN support and 7 (3.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Moseley Village Rail Station, about 330 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Saint Martin De Porres J & I School (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School are Queensbridge School (0.7 miles), Moseley School and Sixth Form (0.9 miles) and Bishop Challoner Catholic College (1.1 miles).