St Mary's Junior Mixed School

St Mary's Junior Mixed School is performing well and has been rated as 'Good' across all inspected areas. The school provides a joyful learning environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy their education. The leadership team has developed an ambitious curriculum that fosters knowledge retention and encourages pupils to take on challenges in their learning. However, some aspects of personal development, particularly in providing leadership opportunities, have not been fully realized as intended. The findings take into account that this is the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils are motivated and have positive attitudes towards learning.
• The ambitious curriculum helps pupils build knowledge over time.
• Strong focus on improving reading standards with effective tracking.
• Good behavior and respectful relationships among pupils.
• Pupils with SEND achieve well due to effective support.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding effectively.
• Limited opportunities for all pupils to take on roles of responsibility.

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 Junior Mixed School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% 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, 3.0% of pupils at St Mary's Junior Mixed 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's Junior Mixed School had 16.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.7% 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, 21.3% of pupils at St Mary's Junior Mixed School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% 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 Junior Mixed School received £8,691 and spent £9,076 for each of its 174 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £157,000 (£902 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 Junior Mixed School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Junior Mixed School is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was St Mary's Junior Mixed School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Junior Mixed School was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does St Mary's Junior Mixed School have?

St Mary's Junior Mixed School has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Junior Mixed School cover?

St Mary's Junior Mixed School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are St Mary's Junior Mixed School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Junior Mixed School?

St Mary's Junior Mixed School is at St Mary's Way, Baldock, Hertfordshire, SG7 6HY.