St Mary's Catholic Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Chippenham, Wiltshire, St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 162 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 21.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Mary's Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. If you are considering St Mary's Catholic Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.