St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School
Jesson Road, Walsall, WS1 3AY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Amos
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 235
- URN
- 104232
- Local authority
- Walsall
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01922720711
About this school
St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Walsall. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 235 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 77% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 17% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 90% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 90% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +5.00 | - | - |
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 St Mary's The Mount 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 | Walsall average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80% | 56.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 233 |
| 2023/24 | 233 |
| 2024/25 | 235 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School compares
St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School ranked 15th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.4% | 20.1% | 235 | — |
| Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School | — | 6.7% | 40.7% | 314 | 0.3 miles |
| Whitehall Junior Community School | 70% | 7.2% | 45.8% | 340 | 0.4 miles |
| Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School | 70% | 5.6% | 51.1% | 366 | 0.4 miles |
| Caldmore Primary Academy | 57% | 4.8% | 53.4% | 436 | 0.4 miles |
| Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy | — | — | — | 313 | 0.5 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)
- 20.1%
- English as an additional language
- 34%
- Overall absence
- 4.44%
- Persistent absence
- 10.27%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Whitehall Junior Community School0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Caldmore Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Walsall
-
Whitehall Nursery and Infant Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Walsall
Other schools in Walsall
St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School ranks 10th of the 51 ranked primary schools in Walsall.
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- All Saints National Academy Primary
- Alumwell Infant School Primary
- Alumwell Junior School Primary
- Beacon Academy Primary
- Bentley West Primary School Primary
- Birchills Church of England Community Academy Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Infant School Primary
- Blue Coat Church of England Aided Junior School Primary
- Brownhills West Primary School Primary
- Busill Jones Primary School Primary
- Butts Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School teach?
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Walsall.
- Who is the headteacher of St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School is Mrs Catherine Amos, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School?
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School has 235 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School full?
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 235 on roll (112%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School a faith school?
- Yes. St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
- Does St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School compare with other schools in Walsall?
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School ranked 15th of 61 primary schools in Walsall for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School's absence rate?
- St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Mary's The Mount 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 29 June 2026.