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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School

About Us

Welcome to
St. Mary’s

On behalf of the Governors, staff, parish, children and our wider school community, thank you to those of you who have chosen St Mary’s for your child’s first steps in education and to those of you who are considering choosing our school for your child.

A Message from our Headteacher

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Mrs D Mellor

Headteacher

At St Mary’s, we cater for children from the age of 3-11, Catholic and Non-Catholic. The vast majority of our children move on to St John Fisher Catholic Collegiate, the secondary school within our Multi Academy Company (family of schools). We work closely with them to ease the transition from primary to secondary education for our learners.

We are very proud of the strong support which we receive from our parish priest, Canon Paul, and assistant priest Fr John. All staff and children are very well supported in deepening their understanding of the gospel values, which lie at the heart of everything we do and is included in our school mission statement, ‘Learning to Live Out Our Calling with Compassion and Love.’ Our children are expected to live out their faith and are well equipped to do so as our Catholic Values permeate throughout the life of our school. 

As an inclusive school, we have high expectations of all children. We instill our pupils with a sense of personal and collective responsibility and we place a great emphasis on the personal, social, spiritual and health education of our pupils. Our children experience a carefully designed, broad and balanced curriculum and we have ensured that our school has the facilities and resources to provide our children with opportunities to discover their talents and interests. We have a strong tradition in music and sports and we take great delight in developing our children’s achievements in these areas.

Our teaching staff view their work as a vocation and actively seek to motivate and inspire our children to hold a life long love of learning. Our school works to enable everyone to become a responsible, happy and compassionate citizen in order to prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities in our rapidly changing society. We believe that to achieve this for our children, it is crucial for parents, carers and the school to work together in partnership. There are many opportunities throughout the school year to develop this relationship. We have a committed pastoral team who are knowledgeable and resourceful in providing support for all families within school and beyond the school gates.We look forward to continuing to work with you to achieve your child’s full potential. If you have not yet visited our school and would like to come and meet us, please contact the school office to arrange a visit.
We look forward to welcoming you to our school!

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💛🩵 Our teaching staff have been truly delighted to receive such positive feedback from a parent – it means a great deal to us all and is a wonderful reminder of why we do what we do. 💛🩵
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Thank you to Jessica and Jessica in Y5 who led us in our second Stay and Pray. We focused on the theme of renewal and finding God’s peace in our life, during this Lenten season.

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Please remember to join us for Stay and Pray after school in the chapel @ 3:30pm. Please enter via Stanier Street.
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💙💛💙💛🎉 Today is National Offer Day! 🎉

We are absolutely thrilled to extend the warmest welcome to the children who will soon be joining us as our new Year 7 cohort at St John Fisher!

To each and every one of you, Congratulations!
This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter, full of opportunities, friendships, achievements, and unforgettable memories. We are so proud that you will be joining our community, and we cannot wait to get to know you.

At St John Fisher, you are not just joining a school you are becoming part of something truly special.

We are counting down the days until we can officially welcome you into #TeamStJohnFisher.

Get ready for new experiences, new friendships, and an incredible journey ahead.

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💫 Welcome to your future. We cannot wait to meet you! 💫

#NationalOfferDay #Year72026 #StJohnFisher #Welcome #SchoolCommunity #FutureReady #NewBeginnings #ProudToBeSJF
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North Staffordshire Deanery Mass for Vocations 🙏
Thank you to the children who represented our school so beautifully at this evening’s mass, on this very special feast day for our Archdiocese – the feast of St. Chad.
It was wonderful to join together in prayer with the other schools across our deanery.

St. Chad… Pray for us

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A huge congratulations to Bethany, Joanna and Serah who won the RE competition in their phases. Well done to all of the children who entered, it was wonderful to look through your creations and see the dedication and commitment you put into them!

#restm #catholiclifestm
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Thank you to David Worrall from CAFOD who came in today to talk to the children about the Lenten fundraising iniatiative that our Big Lent Walk will contribute towards. The focus this year is the floating gardens in Bangladesh.

Just a reminder that our Big Lent Walk will take place in school on Friday 20th March so in the meantime please try and gather as much sponsorship as possible for this very worthwhile cause.

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Today is the Feast of the patron saint of our Birmingham Archdiocese – St. Chad.

In our Celebration of the Word today, the children learnt about the inspirational life of St. Chad and listened to the story of the calling of Jermemiah. They then responded by creating a class promise wall with their individual promises on about how to take from St. Chad's example by being kind or brave.

St. Chad – pray for us

#prayerandliturgystm #celebrationofthewordstm
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Year 2 spent the afternoon celebrating St David’s Day, one of our class saints. We learnt all about how he spread Gods word and founded numerous monasteries. As St David was Welsh, we enjoyed creating an observational drawing of daffodils and even tried some Welsh cakes! Very yummy!! #year2stm #catholiclifestm #artstm
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School Opening Times

Start of DayEnd of Day
Gates Open8:30am3:00pm
School Start/End8:45am3:15pm
Registration Close9:05am
Office Opening Times8:00am4:00pm

School Dinner Timetable

Year GroupBreak TimeLunch Time
Nursery11:30am
Reception10:00am-10:15am11:45am-12:30pm
Year 1 & 510:30am-10:45am12:15pm-1:00pm
Year 2 & 610:30am-10:45am12:30pm-1:15pm
Year 3 & 410:15am-10:30am12:00pm-12:45pm

What we’re proud of…

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Oracy

“The school has created an oracy rich environment, where voices are valued and listened to. Pupils are provided with significant opportunities to develop their oracy skills in every subject and in every lesson.”
– T&L Review
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Music

“Music is taught very effectively as pupils learn to play instruments and sing to a good standard. Music and singing play a large part in the school’s life. Pupils participate enthusiastically in making music and singing in special events at the school and in the local community. Pupils sing in tune and in harmony using three parts with good tonal quality.” – OFSTED
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Sports

Achieving the gold mark for Physical Education since 2018!
“The primary physical education and sport premium is spent very well. Pupils have benefited from access to a wide variety of after-school clubs, competitive events and special activities. As a result, increasingly more pupils participate in a wider range of sports” – OFSTED
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Curriculum

“The school’s aims are clear. They are committed to delivering a challenging and engaging curriculum, that is broad and balanced. The curriculum sequence is coherent and clear cross curricular links are made. Such links are further strengthened by the school’s additional ‘Building the Kingdom’ curriculum”
– T&L Review