St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address College Road
Purton
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 4AR
Phone 01793770239
Reference Number 126350

General Makeup

Number of pupils 362
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.42%
Girls: 45.58%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 30 46
2 23 20 43
3 26 14 40
4 22 21 43
5 31 23 54
6 30 29 59

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 70.2%
Unclassified 11.6%
White, Other 5.2%
Mixed, Other 3.6%
African 3%
White & Asian 1.7%
Indian 1.7%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Pakistani 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-06-21
Date Description Report
2023-05-04 School inspection School inspection
2017-11-16 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-07-02 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-05-25 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-03-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2001-02-05 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 57% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105 Unlock Unlock
Maths 101 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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Writing -0.1 Unlock Unlock
Maths -2.3 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 15 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 6 4

Previous Years

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1 miles
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1.36 miles
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1.52 miles
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2.01 miles
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2.09 miles
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2.52 miles
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2.53 miles
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2.61 miles
Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School
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2.61 miles
Haydon Wick Primary School
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2.62 miles
Tadpole Farm CofE Primary Academy
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2.64 miles
Moredon Primary School
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2.69 miles
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2.83 miles
Rodbourne Cheney Primary School
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2.98 miles
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Bradon Forest School
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0.15 miles
Lydiard Park Academy
Grange Park Way, Grange Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6HN
2.18 miles
Abbey Park School
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2.46 miles
Uplands School
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2.47 miles
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2.66 miles
Great Western Academy
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3.01 miles
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
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3.01 miles
Churchward School
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3.22 miles
Swindon Academy
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3.52 miles
UTC Swindon
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3.63 miles
The Deanery CofE Academy
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3.76 miles
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4.06 miles
St Luke's Academy
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4.13 miles
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4.14 miles
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4.31 miles
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4.73 miles
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