# St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

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

It had 121 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E146260. [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 121
- Council: High Peak
- URN: 146260

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, January 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 24 January 2023
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, 70% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 59% in Derbyshire and 62% in England.
5% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Derbyshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 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.

- [New Mills Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-mills-nursery-school-e112477): 50 m. Nursery. Standards maintained, January 2025
- [New Mills Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-mills-primary-school-e112597): 310 m. Primary. School remains Good, June 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [New Mills School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-mills-school-e112936): 480 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 48.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St George's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-georges-cofe-primary-school-e144468): 560 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Newtown Primary School (High Peak Federation)](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newtown-primary-school-high-peak-federation-e112599): 900 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hague Bar Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hague-bar-primary-school-e148253): 1.7 km. Primary. School remains Good, February 2023. 40% 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/146260)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146260)

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