St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy yet. Cheshire East 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
- 4–11
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
Pupil background
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Middlewich, Cheshire East, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 176 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 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 top 35% of primary schools nationally.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 96% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (22 first choices for 21 places). 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 Catholic Primary School, a 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.