Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston

Academy converter·Primary school Boston, Lincolnshire·PE21 9PX
Composite score
50.3
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#7,148
National rank
#574
In East Midlands
#82
In Lincolnshire
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920221.0020231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston 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
189
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
77.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
27.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,873
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston at a glance

Located in Boston, Lincolnshire, Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 189 pupils aged 4 to 11. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 20.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 27.8 pupils per teacher. Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston 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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