St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

School overview

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Derby, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 392 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 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 in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 35 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.