St Mary's RC Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Brent·NW6 5ST
Composite score
33.8
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#12,644
National rank
#1610
In London
#53
In Brent
Top 86%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
14 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 14 places
Applications from another council area
28%

Every child who put St Mary's RC Primary School 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
187
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
71.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,802
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Mary's RC Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Brent, St Mary's RC Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 187 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Mary's RC Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 14 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Mary's RC Primary 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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