St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School is performing well, achieving good ratings across all domains. The school provides a nurturing environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to excel in their studies, particularly in reading and mathematics. Strong leadership is evident, with high expectations for pupil achievement and a well-structured curriculum. Parents have expressed a high level of satisfaction, appreciating the warm atmosphere and values upheld by the school community. This is the school's first inspection since it became an academy in 2018, and it has shown significant improvements post-COVID-19.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a warm and welcoming school environment.
• Strong leadership with a clear vision for the school.
• Effective teaching in reading and mathematics.
• Pupils behave well and display kindness towards each other.
• Wide range of extra-curricular clubs and sports available.
• Strong focus on personal development and understanding of diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have newly redesigned curriculum plans, leading to inconsistencies in teaching effectiveness.
• Pupils in certain subjects struggle to remember key ideas due to insufficient teaching of important concepts.

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 Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% 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, 0.5% of pupils at St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary 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 Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 13.5% of pupils at St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School received £6,350 and spent £6,336 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £134,000 (£643 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Xavier Catholic Education Trust, income was £6,512 and spending £6,815 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 Cranleigh · Surrey local authority: places and applications

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School is part of Xavier Catholic Education Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• St Edmund's Catholic Primary School Godalming
• St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Guildford
• St Peter's Catholic School Guildford
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Dorking
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Guildford
• St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Woking
• St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary School Woking
• St Peter's Catholic Primary School Leatherhead
• St Andrew's Catholic School Leatherhead
• The Marist Catholic Primary School West Byfleet

What is St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School have?

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School cover?

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School?

St Cuthbert Mayne Catholic Primary School is at St Nicolas Avenue, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 7AQ.