St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Birmingham (Birmingham).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
I, Mary Gay, entered my duties here as Head Mistress on August 26th 1907. Miss Ellen Buckley and Miss Mary O'Grady, both uncertified Assistants, also commenced their duties on August 26th. The first week I admitted 80 children.
The first entry in the school log for St Josephs began a history which has seen monumental events from two world wars, the great depression and the rise and fall of fascism and communism, the founding of the United Nations and the common market and no less than twenty-six British Prime Ministers.
Therefore it is impossible to do justice in this short piece to the commitment and work of everyone who has been involved with the school past and present. The school was housed originally in an old school building in Station Road, with three primary classes downstairs, two senior classes upstairs and the chapel at the end of the school building which doubled up as a classroom.
The children attending the school ranged from 5 - 14 years of age. The school witnessed the end of the First World War, on the 11th November 1918 the entry for the school log book reads:
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
29 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Friends of St. Joseph's
- School Standards Committee
- History
- School Council
- School Times
- Catholic Life Introduction
- Jubilee Year of Hope 2025
- Prayer Service
- Prayer and Liturgy
- Wednesday Word
- CAFOD Live Simply Award
- Catholic Social Teaching
- Our Class Saints
- Our House Saints
- Pope Leo Monthly Intentions
- Schools of Sanctuary
and 13 more
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Sing UpRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 141670
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Selly Oak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (9 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Mary Middleton | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by academy members | since 2018 · until 2030 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Alexander Cooper-Hall | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Haylia Williams | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Rhoda Evans | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Mary Daniels Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Simon Bradbury | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Sarah Logan | Local Governor | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Miss Teresa McGrory | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Paul Greavy | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2017 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record