St Marys Catholic Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Stoke-on-Trent·ST6 8EZ
Composite score
68.7
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#1,946
National rank
#162
In West Midlands
#4
In Stoke-on-Trent
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3320221.0720231.0720241.1320250.972026

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

Every child who put St Marys Catholic Academy 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
241
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,394
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Marys Catholic Academy

St Marys Catholic Academy is a primary school in Stoke-on-Trent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 241 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Marys Catholic Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.3%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. 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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