St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Plymouth, Devon·PL8 2AG
Composite score
80.2
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National rank
#59
In South West
#13
In Devon
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
100%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 10 places
Applications from another council area
30%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720221.3320231.0020240.9220251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's Church of England Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
93
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical primary: 20.7

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Mary's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Plymouth, Devon, St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 93 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 100% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 21.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. St Mary's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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