St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School

About St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School

Parents considering St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School will find a school that is clearly in high demand. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 98 applications for just 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.27, meaning more than three families applied for every spot. Of those, 33 put it as their first preference, and 27 first-preference offers were made. That level of competition is a strong signal of local confidence. While the school doesn't publish a formal parent satisfaction survey, the sheer volume of applications suggests a positive reputation in the community. The school is full to its capacity of 210 pupils, with no spare places, and 15.2 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly below the national average for primary schools. Headteacher Thomas Atherton leads a Roman Catholic state primary for mixed genders from ages 4 to 11, and the school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 awarded it Outstanding across every category, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This was a repeat of its previous Outstanding rating from 2007.

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