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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

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

personMrs Anna McClurey

corporate_fareNICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

location_onMiddlesbrough, TS6 7AD

language Visit Website phone 1642455309

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Ofsted

Outstanding

Inspected 2023

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Students

236

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Expected Standard

44%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a Academy converter primary school in Middlesbrough, serving ages 2-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Ranks in the top 89% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

St Mary's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 216 pupils on roll, of whom 63% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 44% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined. The school ranks #40 of 43 primaries in Redcar and Cleveland and #12,282 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Outstanding, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. 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

44%

LA 62%

Reading52% LA 74%

Writing63% LA 71%

Maths59% LA 73%

Read SS

100

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

47%

LA 62%England 61%

Reading57% LA 73% · Eng 74%

Writing63% LA 72% · Eng 72%

Maths70% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

103

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

29%

LA 60%England 60%

Reading48% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Writing57% LA 70% · Eng 71%

Maths48% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.4

Read

LA 0.7

-4.2 to 1.3

-0.8

Write

LA 0.4

-3.5 to 1.8

-2.0

Maths

LA 0.6

-4.6 to 0.6

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

86%

LA 68%England 65%

Reading96% LA 75% · Eng 73%

Writing86% LA 80% · Eng 78%

Maths96% LA 81% · Eng 79%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

112

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.9

Read

LA 0.5

-0.3 to 4.2

-0.4

Write

LA 0.7

-2.5 to 1.7

2.3

Maths

LA 0.7

0.3 to 4.3

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

92%

LA 67%

Reading100% LA 74%

Writing92% LA 78%

Maths100% LA 77%

Read SS

111

Maths SS

109

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

6.2

Read

LA 1.1

3.9 to 8.5

2.3

Write

LA 1.4

0.1 to 4.5

5.3

Maths

LA 1.7

3.2 to 7.4

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

07 November 2023

Inspection Report

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03 April 2014

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2023-11-07

S5 Inspection EIF

Outstanding

Education

Outstanding

Behaviour

Outstanding

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Outstanding

2007-06-28

Section 5 RTI (Sep06 - Aug07) Historic EIF

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

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

1.9%per term

warning Above Average

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

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(2 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 216 pupils. During this period, there were 4 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 1.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2024/25 (Spring term)	216	4	1.9%	0.8%
2024/25 (Autumn term)	213	1	0.5%	0.9%
2023/24 (Summer term)	238	6	2.5%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	220	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	219	0	0.0%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	237	8	3.4%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	236	6	2.5%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	229	8	3.5%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	264	11	4.2%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	254	6	2.4%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	238	4	1.7%	0.5%
2020/21 (Summer term)	257	8	3.1%	0.4%
2020/21 (Spring term)	245	3	1.2%	0.1%
2020/21 (Autumn term)	238	2	0.8%	0.4%
2019/20 (Summer term)	205	0	0.0%	0.0%
2019/20 (Spring term)	205	0	0.0%	0.4%
2019/20 (Autumn term)	199	0	0.0%	0.6%
2018/19 (Summer term)	226	0	0.0%	0.4%
2018/19 (Spring term)	216	0	0.0%	0.5%
2018/19 (Autumn term)	210	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Summer term)	229	0	0.0%	0.5%
2017/18 (Spring term)	210	0	0.0%	0.4%
2017/18 (Autumn term)	200	0	0.0%	0.5%
2016/17 (Summer term)	206	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Spring term)	200	0	0.0%	0.4%
2016/17 (Autumn term)	189	0	0.0%	0.5%

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.

Moderate Learning Difficulty 14 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 13 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 11 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Severe Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 1 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 1 pupils