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St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 194 pupils Rickmansworth
Ofsted: Good
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St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Rickmansworth for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 194 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2019 of its predecessor, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Rickmansworth. In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Stockers Farm Road
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
WD3 1NY
Phone 01923776529
Reference Number 150576

General Makeup

Number of pupils 194
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.45%
Girls: 51.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 10 26
2 15 13 28
3 10 18 28
4 17 14 31
5 11 14 25
6 13 18 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 68.6%
White, Other 13.4%
Mixed, Other 5.2%
Indian 3.1%
White & Asian 2.1%
Asian, Other 2.1%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
Unclassified 1%
Irish 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Rickmansworth, inspected in March 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 56%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

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 104
Maths 104
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 0
Third Preference 9 1
From another Local Authority 25 16

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School had 190 pupils for 210 places. 20 places (9.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Rickmansworth Primary” planning area

Hertfordshire counted 138 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 125 in 2029–30, down 9%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 201190
Unfilled 4.3%9.5%

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 Rickmansworth CofE Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%
Severely absent pupils 2.3%

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 Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.1
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Rickmansworth CofE Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.310.5
Teachers who left state teaching 4.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 46.2%–
Sick days per teacher 2.0–

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, 12.4% of pupils at St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 3
Social, emotional and mental health 7 2
Specific learning difficulty 5 3
Moderate learning difficulty 2 1
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1
Physical disability 1 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 0
Vision impairment 0 1

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 Rickmansworth CofE Primary School received £7,078 and spent £7,373 for each of its 190 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £29,000 (-£152 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Chess Valley Primary Learning Trust, income was £6,548 and spending £6,876 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve -£29,000
per pupil -£152
In-year balance -£56,000
per pupil -£295

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
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Lane, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8HD
0.83 miles
St John Catholic Primary School
Berry Lane, Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 7HG
0.85 miles
Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School
Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1HU
0.99 miles
Shepherd Primary
Shepherd's Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8JJ
1.01 miles
Charlotte House Preparatory School
88 The Drive, Rickmansworth, WD3 4DU
1.28 miles
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School
Berry Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 4BT
1.34 miles
Harvey Road Primary School
Harvey Road, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3BN
1.49 miles
Merchant Taylors' Prep School
Moor Farm, Rickmansworth, WD3 1LW
1.66 miles
Yorke Mead Primary School
Dulwich Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3PX
1.77 miles
Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School
Denham Way, Maple Cross, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 9SS
1.81 miles
Harefield Infant and Junior School
Park Lane, Harefield, UB9 6BJ
1.84 miles
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
Rickmansworth Road, L B H-Holy Trinity School, Middlesex, HA6 2RH
1.96 miles
St Martin's School
40 Moor Park Road, Northwood, HA6 2DJ
2 miles
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School
Malvern Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3QQ
2.05 miles
Little Green Junior School
Lincoln Drive, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3NJ
2.29 miles
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School
The Common, Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 5SG
2.3 miles
York House School
2.35 miles
Chorleywood Primary School
Stag Lane, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 5HR
2.36 miles
Eastbury Farm Primary School
Bishops Avenue, Northwood, Hertfordshire, HA6 3DG
2.46 miles
Willow Tree Primary School
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 6LL
2.62 miles
Name Distance
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
High Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1HG
0.82 miles
Royal Masonic School for Girls
Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth, WD3 4HF
1.24 miles
The Reach Free School
Long Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8AB
1.27 miles
Rickmansworth School
Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3AQ
1.33 miles
Harefield School
Northwood Way, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6ET
1.63 miles
London School of Theology
Green Lane, Northwood, HA6 2UW
2.2 miles
Merchant Taylors' School
Sandy Lodge, Northwood, HA6 2HT
2.24 miles
Croxley Danes School
Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3LR
2.43 miles
Northwood College for Girls GDST
Maxwell Road, Northwood, HA6 2YE
2.45 miles
St Helen's School
Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3AS
2.52 miles
Westfield Academy
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 6NS
2.78 miles
St Clement Danes School
Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6EW
2.86 miles
Watford Grammar School for Boys
Rickmansworth Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JF
3.12 miles
Northwood School
Pinner Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 1QN
3.47 miles
UTC Heathrow
Potter Street, Northwood, HA6 1QG
3.48 miles
Haydon School
Wiltshire Lane, Eastcote, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 2LX
3.57 miles
West Herts College
Watford Campus, Hempstead Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 3EZ
3.59 miles
Watford Grammar School for Girls
Lady's Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AE
3.66 miles
Pinn River School
Fore Street, Eastcote, HA5 2JQ
3.9 miles
St Mary's School
Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, SL9 8JQ
4.17 miles

All schools in Rickmansworth · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is part of Chess Valley Primary Learning Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

What is St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2019 of its predecessor, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Rickmansworth.

When was St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School have?

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School cover?

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School?

St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School is at Stockers Farm Road, St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1NY.

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