Jesson Road, Walsall, West Midlands WS1 3AY
10 reasons to choose St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall
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St Mary’s The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Walsall and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Mary’s The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Walsall LEA.
Average class size
St Mary’s The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Mary’s The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall ranks in the top 4% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 11% of schools.
The St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Mary's The Mount Catholic Primary School, Walsall
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.15pm.
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