# St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Tameside, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 212 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E151037. [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 212
- Council: Tameside
- URN: 151037

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 20 March 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 45% of pupils at St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Tameside and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Tameside | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |

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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Oakdale School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakdale-school-e151321): 190 m. Special. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed
- [Yew Tree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/yew-tree-primary-school-e146456): 240 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Rayner Stephens High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rayner-stephens-high-school-e148430): 380 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 35.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Cromwell High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/cromwell-high-school-e150010): 380 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [All Saints Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-catholic-college-e139735): 410 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 36.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource Provision](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakfield-primary-and-moderate-learning-difficulties-resource-provision-e142717): 610 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/151037)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/151037)

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