St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Gloucestershire·GL3 1HU
Composite score
65.6
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#2,508
National rank
#205
In South West
#42
In Gloucestershire
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
66%
44 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.47
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
83
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
4.73 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 7612 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.61
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9220221.3120231.0320240.8620251.472026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
222
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,158
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Gloucestershire, St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 222 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 44 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.73 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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