St Mary's CofE Primary School

About St Mary's CofE Primary School

Every single parent who responded to the Ofsted Parent View survey for St Mary's CofE Primary School said they would recommend the school to other parents. That's a perfect 100% recommendation rate from the 13 families who took part in the survey between September 2024 and September 2025. The school is also heavily oversubscribed: for its 26 Reception places in the 2025/26 academic year, it received 88 applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.38. All 24 first-preference applicants were offered a place, which tells you that while demand is high, those who really want a spot here stand a decent chance. Parents were particularly positive about how safe their children feel, with 100% agreeing or strongly agreeing that their child feels safe. Behaviour was another strong point, with every respondent agreeing the school ensures pupils are well behaved. The school's personal development was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in its most recent 2023 inspection, and behaviour and attitudes also earned the top grade.

Academically, St Mary's is performing very strongly. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That's well above the Trafford local authority average of 71% and places the school 4th out of 55 primary schools in the borough, putting it in the top 5% locally. Nationally, it ranks 381st out of 13,686 schools, which is in the top 3% of all primary schools in England. Looking at individual subjects, 97% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, with an average scaled score of 111, and 91% did so in maths, with an average score of 109. At the higher standard, 17% of pupils achieved the top marks across all three subjects. The school's overall Ofsted rating is Good, a step down from its previous Outstanding grade in 2007, but the inspection report from March 2023 notes that personal development and behaviour and attitudes remain Outstanding.

The school has a Church of England character and offers a nursery provision for children from age 3. Facilities include a sports hall, music rooms, a forest school area and a chapel. There's a good range of extracurricular clubs, including coding, science club and gardening, and sports on offer include football, cricket, athletics and tennis. For families with children who have special educational needs, St Mary's lists provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, severe learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is oversubscribed, so it's worth getting your application in early if you're keen. With 258 pupils on roll against a capacity of 240, it's running slightly over capacity, which reflects its popularity. The school suits families who value strong academic outcomes in a supportive, well-behaved environment with a clear Christian ethos.

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