St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Crewe is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all evaluated categories. The school has created a nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe, supported by strong relationships with staff. Leaders maintain high expectations for both behaviour and academic achievement, ensuring that most pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are well supported. Recent improvements in reading and mathematics curriculums are underway to address previous underperformance in these areas, and pupils are broadly achieving well. However, there remain some inconsistencies in the implementation of the curriculum across various subjects, leading to uneven student learning experiences. Additionally, leaders need to refine their assessment systems in a few subjects to ensure teachers can accurately identify gaps in pupils' knowledge. Overall, the school remains committed to continuous improvement and providing a high-quality education for its pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe in a nurturing environment.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils foster a caring community.
• High expectations for pupils' behaviour lead to a calm and purposeful learning atmosphere.
• Ambitious curriculum designed to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND allows them to access the same curriculum as their peers.
• Strong focus on the teaching of reading with a well-structured phonics programme.
• Pupils take on various leadership roles and contribute positively to the school community.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum implementation across a small number of subjects.
• Assessment systems in some subjects do not allow precise identification of pupils' learning gaps.

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's Catholic Primary School, Crewe attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 0.2% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe 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's Catholic Primary School, Crewe had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.7% 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, 8.4% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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's Catholic Primary School, Crewe received £6,686 and spent £6,671 for each of its 550 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £816,000 (£1,484 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's Catholic Primary School, Crewe's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe have?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe has 558 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe cover?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Crewe is at Dane Bank Avenue, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8AD.