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St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School

Primary school

St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Richmond upon Thames, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 152 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Good (overall), June 2024

Inspection
Graded inspection, 5 June 2024
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

Results

Department for Education

In 2024/25, 84% of pupils at St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 78% in Richmond upon Thames and 62% in England.

28% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolRichmond upon ThamesEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths84%78%62%
Reached the higher standard28%21%8%
Average scaled score in reading108109106
Average scaled score in maths107109105
  • Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
  • Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line
  • Thomson House SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)320 m
  • East Sheen Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2023. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
  • Lift Richmond ParkSecondary. School remains Good, December 2022. Attainment 8 of 51.8 (2025/26, provisional)750 m
  • Barnes Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2022. 96% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
  • Tower House SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file840 m
  • Roehampton Hospital SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Richmond upon Thames

Where these figures come from

  • Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
  • Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).