St Mary's Catholic Primary School

About St Mary's Catholic Primary School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School sits within the Hammersmith and Fulham local authority, a London borough with 37 primary schools. It ranks 17th out of 35 in the LA, placing it just above the midpoint. The top three performing peers locally are John Betts Primary School, St Peter's Primary School, and Addison Primary School. The nearest school rated Outstanding is Addison Primary School, just 0.2 km away. St Mary's itself holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across inspections. The most recent ungraded inspection in April 2024 confirmed the school remains Good, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all rated Good. With 177 pupils against a capacity of 236, the school is significantly undersubscribed in terms of capacity, yet it received 75 applications for 25 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, making it oversubscribed three times over. Fifteen of those applications were first-preference offers, indicating strong local demand despite the available space.

Academically, St Mary's performs well above the LA average. At Key Stage 2, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, compared to the local authority average of 76%. The school ranks in the top 10% nationally on this metric. Reading scores are particularly strong, with 94% reaching the expected standard and 29% achieving the higher standard. Writing and maths also show solid results, with 82% and 88% meeting expectations respectively. Average scaled scores sit at 107 for reading and 106 for maths. However, the proportion reaching the higher standard across all three subjects is just 12%, suggesting the school is strong at getting pupils to the expected level but less so at pushing them into the top tier. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is unclear how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, music rooms, art studios, a forest school, playing fields, and a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, football, athletics, cricket, and gymnastics, while clubs range from choir and chess to drama and eco club. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school has nursery provision for children from age three. With a 35% free school meals rate, it serves a relatively disadvantaged intake compared to the borough average. This is a faith-based primary that is popular locally despite not being the highest-ranked academically, and it suits families who value a Catholic ethos, a strong community feel, and a school that delivers solid expected standards above the LA norm.

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