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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Primary · Bath · BA1 4EH

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Good

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

184 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
12% of pupils (January 2026)
Website
http://www.st-marys.bathnes.sch.uk
URN
151807

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 48% (Bath and North East Somerset 80%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 14% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 2%) · Any other White background 10% (Bath and North East Somerset 5%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 10% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 4%) · Black African 9% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Bath and North East Somerset 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bath and North East Somerset 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bath and North East Somerset 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.4%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 11.24% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £46,483; 15.4% 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63.1%62.3%
Social housing23.6%17.1%
Privately rented12.8%20.5%
Detached houses15.8%22.9%
Flats8.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01014430 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£495,000243 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£357,500–£656,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£790,000
Semi-detached (98)£552,500
Terraced (73)£415,000
Flat (34)£231,500

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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