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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Nottingham · NG7 6FL

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 November 2022

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At a glance

234 pupils · 111% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
24.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
74.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmaryshysongreen.com
URN
138339

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 23 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 8 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 2.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 23 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers69.5%
Nottingham average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Akaal Primary SchoolDerby · 14 miles awayRequires improvement69%
Park View Primary AcademyLeeds · 58 miles awayGood44%
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary SchoolBirmingham · 46 miles awayGood84%
Grange Primary SchoolLondon · 112 miles awayGood78%
Shaftesbury Junior SchoolLeicester · 24 miles awayExpected standard58%
St. Mary's Catholic Junior SchoolCroydon · 119 miles awayGood77%
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolBolton · 65 miles awayExpected standard66%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolCoventry · 42 miles awayGood58%
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Junior SchoolLondon · 106 miles awayGood61%
Dairy Meadow Primary SchoolSouthall · 107 miles awayGood82%
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · 138 miles awayOutstanding79%
King George V Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 46 miles awayNo current grade70%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 36% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 16% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 8% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · White British 7% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Any other Black background 5% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Nottingham 0%, England 0%) · Not recorded 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
2.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.18 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottingham: 2.95 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,794; 16.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,100
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£22,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26%18.1%
In managerial or professional work16.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.9%62.3%
Social housing19.2%17.1%
Privately rented54.8%20.5%
Detached houses5.8%22.9%
Flats24.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van52.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013842 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£160,000418 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£135,000–£190,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (20)£275,000
Semi-detached (110)£202,500
Terraced (254)£148,000
Flat (34)£125,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
11an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
14an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
82an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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