# 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 97 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E146322. [High Peak](https://openindex.co.uk/high-peak)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 97
- Council: High Peak
- URN: 146322

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), December 2022
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 6 December 2022
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 33% 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.
0% 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 | 33% | 59% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 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.

- [St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-philip-howard-catholic-voluntary-academy-e142042): 690 m. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 49.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/duke-of-norfolk-cofe-primary-school-e112868): 690 m. Primary. Good (overall), June 2024. 44% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kershaw Wood](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kershaw-wood-e150857): 700 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitfield-st-james-cofe-vc-primary-school-e112818): 740 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Luke's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-lukes-cofe-primary-school-e112817): 1 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-catholic-voluntary-academy-e146132): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, December 2022. 69% 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/146322)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146322)

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