St Mary's CofE Primary School
Primary · Market Drayton · TF9 4DN
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 19 November 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
50 pupils · 60% of 84 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 19.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150077
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 7 families named it first for 7 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 2 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2013; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 November 2019 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place7 places offered · 7 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2013 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Market Drayton school admissions · Staffordshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 82% (Staffordshire 80%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Staffordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Staffordshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 4% (Staffordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Staffordshire 4%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.96 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Staffordshire: 1.97 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £68,143; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 34.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 46% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 74.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 18.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 42.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 24.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 7.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01029569 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £305,00085 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £230,000–£385,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.
Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 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
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
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