St Mary's Church of England School

Academy converter·Primary school Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire·HP19 7WF
Composite score
51.1
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#6,893
National rank
#1039
In South East
#91
In Buckinghamshire
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
58 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
145
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2220220.9820231.1520240.8520250.972026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Mary's Church of England School yet. Buckinghamshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
448
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,450
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's Church of England School at a glance

Located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, St Mary's Church of England School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 448 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 95% of the families who made St Mary's Church of England School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 25.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Mary's Church of England School 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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