St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby)

Academy converter·Primary school Rotherham·S66 7JU
Composite score
23.5
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#14,190
National rank
#1514
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#79
In Rotherham
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
29%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
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
100%
18 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.64
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.36
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0020241.0020250.642026

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

Every child who put St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
146
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
15.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,815
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) at a glance

Located in Rotherham, St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 146 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 29% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 11.0 percentage points year on 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 102 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made St Mary's Catholic Primary School (Maltby) their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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