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St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

High Peak, SK13 8NEPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Dec 2022
KS2 Results
71%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
9 1st-choice / 10 places
Ranking
#3,729
of 13,686 nationally

About St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy in High Peak has been rated Good across the board in its most recent Ofsted inspection from 2022, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2018. The school now holds Good marks for overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The most telling exam metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 71 per cent. That is comfortably above the Derbyshire local authority average of 59 per cent for primary schools, placing St Mary's 6th out of 34 schools in the High Peak area and in the top 50 per cent nationally. With only 106 pupils on roll against a capacity of 210, the school is small but clearly delivering strong academic outcomes relative to its peers.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressGladstone Street, Glossop, High Peak, SK13 8NE
HeadteacherBernadette Quirke
Local AuthorityDerbyshire
Number of Pupils106
Free School Meals (FSM)39.6%
School Capacity106 / 210 (50% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

6 Dec 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 24 Jan 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Mental HealthSpeech & LanguageVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:30-08:40

After-school care

15:15-17:45

Source: stmarysglossop.srscmat.co.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.