Maryvale Catholic Primary School
Old Oscott Hill, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44 9AG
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by Maryvale Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Dalzell
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 103426
- Local authority
- Birmingham
About this school
Maryvale Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Birmingham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 225 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Maryvale Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 67% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 73% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 70% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 73% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Maryvale Catholic Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 58.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 230 |
| 2023/24 | 226 |
| 2024/25 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maryvale Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 6.2% | 44.8% | 225 | — |
| Maryvale Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 222 | 0.0 miles |
| Kingsthorne Primary School | 52% | 6.7% | 61.4% | 328 | 0.5 miles |
| Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy | 71% | 5.1% | 33.3% | 441 | 0.5 miles |
| Glenmead Primary School | 57% | 4.8% | 40.5% | 263 | 0.6 miles |
| Kingsland Primary School (NC) | 65% | 6.3% | 56.3% | 281 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.78%
- English as an additional language
- 28.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.17%
- Persistent absence
- 20.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maryvale Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Kingsthorne Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Glenmead Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Birmingham
-
Kingsland Primary School (NC)0.7 miles
Primary · Birmingham
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Common questions
- What year groups does Maryvale Catholic Primary School teach?
- Maryvale Catholic Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Birmingham.
- Has Maryvale Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Maryvale Catholic Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Maryvale Catholic Primary School?
- Maryvale Catholic Primary School had 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Maryvale Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Maryvale Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maryvale Catholic Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2025.