Our school was opened in 1963 in its current location.

St. Margaret Mary's is a popular oversubscribed school serving Erdington and Kingstanding in the north of Birmingham. We have strong links with our parish Church and community, Father Simon Ellis the parish priest is our Chair of Governors.

We have recently expanded with a newly built extension and are now a two form entry school from Reception to Year 6.

Our Early Years Foundation Stage has 47 children in Reception and also a 28 place full-time Nursery. It is hoped that many of our children will attend the Nursery before moving on into our Reception classes.

Our Early Years provision offers a wide variety of experiences and opportunities for our pupils to express themselves and learn. Our pupils’ personal, social and emotional development is key and our dedicated team of EYFS staff ensure pupils’ needs are met every day. Child initiated learning is a fundamental part of our practice in EYFS enabling our pupils to develop quickly into independent learners.

At Key Stage 1 a high emphasis is placed on reading. This is crucial to success in both writing and mathematics. We follow the Letters and Sounds phonics programme and pupils achieve well at the end of Key Stage 1.

In Key Stage 2 we focus on developing a broad range of skills in literacy and numeracy in particular. One of our fundamental aims is to prepare the children for secondary school, getting them ready for the next stage of their education.

Our curriculum is robust, our curriculum is rigorous and our curriculum is broad and balanced. We place great emphasis on being a 'physically active school' and as such we host a number of sporting activities throughout the year.

Music is very important to us here at St. Margaret Mary's, and every child in Years 4 to 6 will have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. Every child will experience violins, brass and recorders and we host numerous concerts. We also have a thriving choir that performs regularly for events in school and beyond.

We have numerous clubs before, during and after the school day. These change every term to give everyone an opportunity to take part in the club of their choice.

We welcome everyone into our school enabling our children to Live, Love and Learn.

School Aims

As a Catholic School, the love of Jesus Christ is our foundation for all that we do. We hope that it will guide, not only the religious aspects of the curriculum day, but will also be a firm foundation for the whole life of the school.

At the centre of everything we do are our Gospel Virtues; these underpin all that we seek to undertake and achieve, and shape everything we do at St. Margaret Mary's Primary School.

In our school everyone is expected to behave well, to show courtesy and respect for others and indeed to welcome everyone into our community to live love and learn.

British Values

The Government set out its definition of British Values in the 2011 Prevent Strategy. The DfE has recently reinforced the need 'to create and enforce a clear and rigorous expectation on all schools to promote the fundamental British values.'

• These are:
• Democracy
• The rule of law
• Individual liberty
• Mutual respect
• Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

At St. Margaret Mary's School we are committed to serving our community and local area. In so doing, we reinforce British values regularly.

Our School is part of The Catholic Primary Partnership (CPP)

The Catholic Primary Partnership (CPP) was established in 1995

We are a family of eighty-three Catholic primary schools established in 1995, whose core purpose is to promote curriculum and professional development to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in our member schools.

Schools work together in true partnership, sharing expertise and enriching the education of all children in an atmosphere of Christian love, for the benefit Catholic Education across the West Midlands.

Vacancies at our schools can be found here 

Further information about us can be found on our website at: The CPP