St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy is performing well in various key areas, demonstrating a strong commitment to providing a positive and nurturing environment for its pupils. The school has made significant improvements since joining the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust and has developed a well-planned and ambitious curriculum that effectively prepares students for their future educational transitions. The staff is dedicated, and the students show a positive attitude toward learning, feeling safe and well-supported in the school environment.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy attending school.
• Positive attitudes and respectful behavior among pupils.
• High expectations and responsibilities given to older pupils.
• Effective support for pupils struggling with reading.
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum.
• Strong leadership across subject areas.
• Varied extra-curricular activities promoting personal development.
• A focused approach on mental health and well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum aspects in foundation subjects not yet integrated into early years.
• Minority of vulnerable pupils occasionally absent from school.

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 Voluntary Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy 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 Voluntary Academy had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 19.6% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% 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 2024–25 St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy received £7,692 and spent £8,971 for each of its 106 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £123,000 (-£1,156 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,472 and spending £7,889 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). 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.

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All schools in Glossop · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, which runs 25 schools. The nearest others:

• St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy Glossop
• All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Glossop
• St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy Glossop
• St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy Glossop
• St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy Stockport
• St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy High Peak
• St Anne's Catholic Voluntary Academy Buxton
• St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy Buxton
• St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy Matlock
• Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Alfreton

What is St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

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

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy has 97 pupils on roll.

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

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy?

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy is at Gladstone Street, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8NE.