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Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMiss Priscilla Jordan

corporate_fareST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

location_onLoughborough, LE11 5AX

language Visit Website phone 1509212621

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2017

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Students

195

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Expected Standard

58%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough is a Academy converter primary school in Loughborough, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 65% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough is an academy converter in Loughborough, Leicestershire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. It is part of ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 200 pupils on roll, of whom 20% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 8% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #119 of 211 primaries in Leicestershire and #9,140 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

58%

LA 61%

Reading71% LA 77%

Writing71% LA 71%

Maths67% LA 75%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 60%England 61%

Reading63% LA 75% · Eng 74%

Writing70% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths73% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading82% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing79% LA 72% · Eng 71%

Maths79% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

105

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.3

Read

LA 0.2

-1.0 to 3.7

2.4

Write

LA -0.1

0.1 to 4.7

1.6

Maths

LA 0.0

-0.7 to 3.8

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

69%

LA 65%England 65%

Reading76% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing76% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths76% LA 79% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

104

GPS SS

107

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.6

Read

LA -0.1

-2.9 to 1.7

0.1

Write

LA 0.1

-2.1 to 2.2

-0.6

Maths

LA -0.1

-2.6 to 1.5

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

41%

LA 65%

Reading69% LA 76%

Writing72% LA 79%

Maths59% LA 77%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-0.9

Read

LA -0.2

-3.2 to 1.4

-0.5

Write

LA 0.0

-2.7 to 1.7

-3

Maths

LA -0.3

-5 to -1

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

29 March 2022

Inspection Report

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12 January 2017

Inspection Report

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03 October 2012

Inspection Report

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10 August 2012

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2017-01-12

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2012-10-03

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2009-12-14

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

2.5%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

2.0%(4 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 200 pupils. During this period, there were 5 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 2.5%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	200	5	2.5%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	200	0	0.0%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	201	1	0.5%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	201	4	2.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	205	3	1.5%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	198	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	195	1	0.5%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	198	3	1.5%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	199	3	1.5%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	197	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	198	12	6.1%	0.5%	1
2020/21 (Summer term)	199	3	1.5%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	195	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	198	1	0.5%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	203	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	206	1	0.5%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	199	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	201	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	205	2	1.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	207	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	209	2	1.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	209	1	0.5%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	203	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	204	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 15 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 6 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 5 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 4 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 3 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils