St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is the school's first inspection since becoming an academy in July 2019 and reflects a strong commitment to creating a caring learning environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school promotes pupils' achievement with high expectations and a well-structured curriculum, particularly in early reading, where most pupils become confident readers by the end of Year 2.

Strengths

• Pupils behave well and feel safe in school.
• The curriculum is coherently organised and supports knowledge development.
• High expectations are set for pupil achievement.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.
• Effective systems for identifying and supporting pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• Some adaptations for SEND pupils are not precisely tailored to individual needs.
• Inconsistency in the use of assessment systems among teachers.

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 School - a Catholic voluntary academy attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% 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, 1.0% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a 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 Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 17.3% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy received £6,830 and spent £6,789 for each of its 191 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £125,000 (£655 per pupil).

Across all 38 schools of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, income was £7,521 and spending £7,443 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 Richmond · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is part of Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy Richmond
• Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy Northallerton
• St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• All Saints Catholic Primary School, a Catholic Voluntary Academy Thirsk
• St Clare's RC Primary School Middlesbrough
• St Gerard's RC Primary School Middlesbrough
• Trinity Catholic College Middlesbrough

What is St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy have?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy has 179 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy cover?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy?

St Mary's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic voluntary academy is at Cross Lanes, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 7DZ.