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Welcome to St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School

"Through Jesus, we achieve our very best"

St Martin de Porres is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic school where the teachings of Christ form the core of our work. We aim to provide high quality teaching and learning for all our members so that they are able to recognise and fulfil the gifts and potential given to them by God.

We pride ourselves on being a school which is warm, friendly and supportive. An environment where all can flourish and achieve success.

The school was built at the end of the 1960's and takes 30 children into the reception class each September. Application forms for school places and our admission criteria are available from the Parents Tab, Key Information page on this website.

St Martin's Prayer

Dear St Martin,

Your whole life was committed
to looking after the sick and needy
as well as the animals upon the earth.
You showed us a wonderful example
of the teachings of Jesus.
Bless all of us in this school family
and help us all to continue to follow your example.
St Martin, pray for us.

Cashless School

A Child’s view

I like St. Martin de Porres, it’s the best of all,
A helping hand with any incident or fall,
Including everyone, leaving no one behind,
Oh! And don’t forget the teachers are really kind,
There are lots of subjects and activities to do,
And the uniform is really smart too,
The dinners are tasty made by the kind cook,
If you come to this school you’ve got really good luck!

Children at St. Martin's achieve high academic standards. OfSTED described the standard of behaviour and relationships at the school as outstanding.

On Sunday 24th October, 9 members of staff joined the Race for life to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Thank you to all parents who came to encourage them. Look at the photos:

It's Anti-Bullying Week from Monday 15th to Friday 19th November. The theme this year is One Kind Word, with the colour theme of blue. Please wear something blue in school each day of that week and/or, to celebrate what makes each of us unique, wear odd socks.

Christmas holidays dates :

Saturday 18th December to Monday 3rd January

Children will be expected back in school on Tuesday 4th January.

Latest News

Newsletter 5 was issued on Friday 12th November 2021.

Please do continue to share with us any more of your children’s special achievements in any activities that they may participate in outside of school.

If your child is going to have their fourth birthday before end of August 2022, they will be able to start school in September. Prior to this, you must visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/schooladmissions and submit an online application by 15th January 2022 (final closing date). Don’t miss this very important deadline!

During the half-term break, clocks went back. All children must now be collected at 3:15pm or after their club at 4:15, 4:30 or 5:30pm. Children will not be allowed to walk home alone during the dark evenings. Thank you.

In November 2020, the PTA launched a collective art project:
A request to help find MISSING THINGS
When Covid-19 demanded a lockdown and restrictions became part of our lives, we had to give up many things.
‘THINGS’ that we love can be hard to live without. Show us what you ‘missed’ or are still ‘missing’ through art.

A lot of people from our school community participated in this project over the 2020-2021 academic year. You can now view all the artwork produced in a virtual exhibition by clicking on MISSING THINGS.