St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Tilbury, Thurrock·RM18 7QH
Composite score
65.3
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#2,571
National rank
#273
In East of England
#10
In Thurrock
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
36 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
64
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0720231.0020241.0020251.202026

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

Thurrock does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Mary's Catholic Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
228
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
76.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,822
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Mary's Catholic Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Tilbury, Thurrock, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 228 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 70% 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 fallen by 17.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 36 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 23.7 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.

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