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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · SE9 1UF

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 30 November 2022

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At a glance

447 pupils · 106% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
10.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
25.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmaryrc.org.uk/
URN
144091

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 78 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.30 first choices per place. We hold 14 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 30 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.30 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 78 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
32%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
Greenwich average74%
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
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, ArnoldNottingham · 118 miles awayOutstanding74%
Queen's Park AcademyBournemouth · 97 miles awayGood75%
Shaw Ridge Primary SchoolSwindon · 82 miles awayGood70%
Parkfield Primary SchoolTaunton · 141 miles awayGood66%
Brampton Primary AcademyBexleyheath · 3 miles awayGood72%
St Michael Catholic Primary School & NurseryAshford · 23 miles awayOutstanding87%
St Johns Church of England Primary School, CliftonBristol · 115 miles awayGood77%
Heber Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood70%
Braiswick Primary SchoolColchester · 47 miles awayGood66%
Seabridge Primary SchoolNewcastle-Under-Lyme · 144 miles awayExpected standard68%
Kingslea Primary SchoolHorsham · 31 miles awayStrong standard79%
Wren Park Primary SchoolDerby · 121 miles awayExpected standard70%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 55% (Greenwich 26%, England 60%) · Any other White background 21% (Greenwich 14%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Greenwich 21%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Greenwich 7%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Greenwich 6%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 3% (Greenwich 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Greenwich 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Greenwich 3%, England 2%) · White Irish 2% (Greenwich 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Greenwich 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Greenwich 2%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Greenwich 2%, 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Greenwich: 1.12 suspensions and 0.00 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.4 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 £58,576; 12.5% 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£7,026
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £295,000; in-year balance +£55,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher50%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74.6%62.3%
Social housing15.3%17.1%
Privately rented10.1%20.5%
Detached houses14.1%22.9%
Flats28%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms56.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001608 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£559,000356 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£365,000–£735,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£1,000,000
Semi-detached (97)£665,000
Terraced (143)£615,000
Flat (104)£300,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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