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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.

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.

Remembrance

This month we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, which took so many lives.
Click here to read Year 3's beautiful prayers.
Click here to view Year 4's work on Remembrance.

Latest News

St Martin de Porres School is opening its doors to new families on one more occasion this Autumn:

OPEN MORNING - Thursday 15th November - 9am to 12pm
Please encourage your neighbours and friends with children to come and visit our school.

Newsletter 4 was issued on Thursday 25th October.
Our next newsletter will be issued on Friday 16th November. Please do continue to share with us any of your children’s special achievements in anything that they may participate in outside of school.

On Wednesday 24th October after-school, members of staff walked 2 miles in Moseley park to raise monies for school library books. Please return your sponsor form together with monies by Monday 5th November 2018. Thank you for your support. Click here to see the photos.

From Thursday 29th November
to Tuesday 4th December
Please come visit our Book Fair. You’ll have an amazing choice of books for children of all ages to buy. The more we sell, the bigger the voucher the school will be given to get library books for our children.

We had a good response regarding the educational visit to the theatre to see Pinocchio. We are still waiting for more but decided that the trip will go ahead for the whole school. Please send your permission slip together with £14.50 into school as soon as possible. Thank you.

It is of utmost importance that when you cannot pick up your child yourself afterschool, you call the school before 3pm to let us know who is going to pick them up. Thank you.

We are delighted to announce that our After-School Club will stay open 1 hour longer, up until 5.30pm every school day starting on Monday 5th November. The fees will remain £5 for the first hour with an additional £5 for the 2nd hour. Please make sure your child is collected promptly at the end of the club.

3.30 to
5.30pm

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

If your child is going to have their fourth birthday before end of August 2019, 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 2019 (final closing date). Don’t miss this very important deadline!