St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

School overview

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving High Peak, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 118 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 20.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% 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 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 30.6 pupils per teacher. St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 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.