St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Herefordshire, County of·HR1 4PG
Composite score
20.2
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#14,448
National rank
#1537
In West Midlands
#73
In Herefordshire, County of
Top 98%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
6 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
17
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420221.0020230.8320241.0020250.862026

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

Every child who put St Mary's CofE 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
92
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,733
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Herefordshire, County of, St Mary's CofE 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 92 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 31% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Mary's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 6 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 14.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Mary's CofE 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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