St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School

St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School is a kind, caring and inclusive school where pupils feel valued, happy and safe. Since the previous inspection, leaders have substantially reviewed the curriculum and improved many aspects of school life, and inspectors found the school to be good across all judged areas, including early years. Behaviour is calm and orderly, pupils benefit from strong personal development, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The school has also seen leadership changes, with an interim headteacher and interim assistant headteachers in post. The school's strengths include a thoughtfully designed curriculum, expert teaching, strong support for pupils with SEND, and a well-structured approach to phonics and reading. Pupils have plentiful opportunities to develop character, take on responsibility and enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities. Staff are committed, and governance is increasingly effective, providing both challenge and support. The main area for improvement is that recent curriculum developments are not yet fully embedded or evaluated in all subjects. In some subjects, especially the wider curriculum, teachers do not consistently help pupils revisit and build on crucial knowledge, so pupils do not recall critical knowledge and skills as effectively over time as they could.

Strengths

• Kind, caring and inclusive culture where pupils feel valued, happy and safe
• High expectations and well-established routines create calm, orderly behaviour
• Thoughtfully designed curriculum, with particularly strong maths and English
• Expert teachers check pupils' understanding and adapt teaching before moving on
• Strong SEND identification and support removes barriers to success
• Well-structured phonics and a strong whole-school focus on reading fluency
• Personal development is a shining strength, with rich PSHE, character and extracurricular opportunities
• Excellent attendance and creative engagement with parents and carers
• Committed staff and increasingly effective governance provide challenge and support
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum improvements are not yet fully embedded or evaluated across all subjects
• In some subjects, especially the wider curriculum, teachers do not help pupils revisit and build on crucial knowledge well enough
• Pupils do not consistently recall critical knowledge and skills effectively over time

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School had 19.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.3% of pupils at St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School received £6,199 and spent £6,814 for each of its 353 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £213,000 (-£603 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School have?

St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School has 353 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School cover?

St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School?

St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School is at Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1RG.