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St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 472 pupils Wolverhampton
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St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy is an academy converter in Wolverhampton for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 472 pupils on roll. In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Cannock Road
Fallings Park
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV10 8PG
Phone 01902308870
Reference Number 141827

General Makeup

Number of pupils 472
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.69%
Girls: 48.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 38.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 31 28 59
2 33 27 60
3 34 26 60
4 36 26 62
5 34 31 65
6 29 35 64

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 29.4%
White, British 25.8%
Indian 12.1%
White, Other 6.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.4%
Caribbean 3.8%
White & Asian 3.6%
Asian, Other 2.8%
Mixed, Other 2.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 24 Jan 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
24 Jan 2023 School inspection
16 Jan 2018 Short inspection
04 Mar 2015 Academy conversion letter
16 May 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Wolverhampton
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
19 Sep 2007 Full inspection:
14 Jun 2004 Full inspection

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2018. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school 57 28 1 0 0 86
2. My child feels safe at this school 62 22 1 1 0 86
3. My child makes good progress at this school 47 33 4 1 1 86
4. My child is well looked after at this school 54 30 2 0 0 86
5. My child is taught well at this school 49 32 4 1 0 86
6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 38 36 8 3 1 86
7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 42 35 6 2 1 86
8. This school deals effectively with bullying 33 26 3 2 22 86
9. This school is well led and managed 46 28 5 4 3 86
10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 53 22 5 1 5 86
11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child’s progress 44 32 7 2 1 86
12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 79 7

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 78%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 19%

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 108
Maths 106

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)
Reading 1.5
Writing 3.3
Maths 1.6

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 3
Third Preference 14 1
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy had 437 pupils for 420 places. That is 17 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 1” planning area

Wolverhampton counted 631 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 668 in 2029–30, up 6%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420420420
Pupils 314341352394419427432422431437
Unfilled 25.2%18.8%16.2%6.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Academy attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.0%3.7%3.4%3.0%2.0%3.9%3.9%3.2%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.5%1.2%1.7%1.3%1.0%1.3%1.5%1.1%0.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%0.7%0.8%1.1%0.0%0.3%1.1%0.3%0.0%

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, 1.8% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.34.44.92.31.91.91.51.42.8
Permanent exclusions 0002110100

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 Academy had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.510.210.211.712.311.813.010.310.812.411.2
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%13.0%4.8%7.8%0.0%14.8%0.0%0.0%4.1%7.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 55.6%61.9%47.6%52.2%–42.9%54.2%66.7%46.2%52.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.91.81.65.2–3.32.52.12.71.3–

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, 13.1% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 19 5
No specialist assessment of need 23 0
Social, emotional and mental health 12 4
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Physical disability 2 0
Vision impairment 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 2024–25 St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy received £6,118 and spent £6,433 for each of its 470 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £367,000 (£781 per pupil).

Across all 56 schools of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,565 and spending £7,594 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £167,000£519,000£807,000£747,000£752,000£493,000£367,000
per pupil £374£1,140£1,793£1,631£1,693£1,064£781
In-year balance £3,177,000£343,000£279,000£22,000-£2,000-£276,000-£148,000
per pupil £7,140£754£621£48-£4-£595-£315

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Fallings Park Primary School
Old Fallings Lane, Low Hill, Wolverhampton, WV10 8BN
0.27 miles
D'Eyncourt Primary School
Mullett Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1DD
0.33 miles
Low Hill Nursery School
Jenks Avenue, Wolverhampton, WV10 9JN
0.55 miles
Wodensfield Primary School
Woden Avenue, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1PW
0.62 miles
Whitgreave Primary School
Goodyear Avenue, Low Hill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 9JP
0.64 miles
Long Knowle Primary School
Blackwood Avenue, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1EB
0.71 miles
Bushbury Hill Primary School
Old Fallings Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BY
0.71 miles
Trinity CofE Primary Academy
Longford Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0UB
0.75 miles
Berrybrook Primary School
Greenacres Avenue, Underhill Estate, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8NZ
0.91 miles
Wood End Primary School
Wood End Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1YQ
0.93 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy
Graiseley Lane, Wednesfield, Graiseley Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1PG
0.93 miles
Bushbury Nursery School
Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton, WV10 8JP
0.98 miles
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Woden Road, Heath Town, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0BB
0.99 miles
St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy
Mattox Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 3TG
1.02 miles
Bushbury Lane Academy
Ripon Road, Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 9TR
1.03 miles
Northwood Park Primary School
Collingwood Road, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8DS
1.06 miles
Woden Primary School
Springfield Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0LH
1.1 miles
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Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 1TP
1.36 miles
Edward the Elder Primary School
Moathouse Lane East, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 3DB
1.38 miles
Elston Hall Primary School
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1.48 miles
Name Distance
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
Old Fallings Lane, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BL
0.31 miles
Heath Park
Prestwood Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1RD
0.59 miles
Moreton School
Old Fallings Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8BY
0.66 miles
Westcroft School
Greenacres Avenue, Underhill, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8NZ
1.01 miles
Woodbury School
Hellier Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8ED
1.12 miles
Bushbury School
Hellier Road, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, WV10 8ED
1.12 miles
Jennie Lee Centre
Litchfield Road, Wolverhampton, WV11 3HT
1.18 miles
Thomas Telford University Technical College
Springfield Campus, Cambridge Street, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 0JR
1.29 miles
Wednesfield Academy
Lichfield Road, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 3ES
1.35 miles
St Matthias School
Deans Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 2BH
1.66 miles
Ormiston NEW Academy
Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 6SE
1.77 miles
Park Lodge School
Park Lodge, 26 Park Avenue, Wolverhampton, WV1 4AH
1.9 miles
Pine Green Academy
Valley Park Campus, Cromer Gardens, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 0UB
2 miles
Coppice Performing Arts School
Ecclestone Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 2QE
2.09 miles
Progress Schools - Wolverhampton
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2.15 miles
Pool Hayes Academy
Castle Drive, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 4QZ
2.18 miles
Green Park School
Green Park Avenue, Stowlawn, Bilston, West Midlands, WV14 6EH
2.3 miles
Kingsley Academy
2 Upper Zoar Street, Wolverhampton, WV3 0LA
2.39 miles
Wolverhampton Grammar School
Compton Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9RB
2.44 miles
City of Wolverhampton College
Wellington Road, Bilston, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV14 6BT
2.47 miles

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St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy is part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 64 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy have?

St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy has 472 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy cover?

St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy?

St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy is at Cannock Road, Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8PG.

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