Studley St Mary's CofE Academy

About Studley St Mary's CofE Academy

Studley St Mary's CofE Academy sits within the Warwickshire local authority, in the Stratford-on-Avon borough, and is a Church of England primary for pupils aged 7 to 11. Among the top-performing peers in the same local area are Mappleborough Green CofE Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, and Barford St Peter's CofE Primary School, all of which rank higher on the same KS2 expected standard metric. Studley St Mary's itself ranks 29th out of 52 schools in the Stratford-on-Avon district, placing it in the top half of its immediate local field. Across the wider Warwickshire authority, which includes 196 primary schools of the same type, the school sits at 83rd. Its national percentile of just under 49 means it performs around the middle of the pack for primary schools across England. The school is led by headteacher Adam Clark and currently has 194 pupils on roll, against a capacity of 248, leaving some room for growth.

Academically, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 awarded it a Good rating across all five categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all scored 2. This marks a clear improvement from its previous inspection in 2019, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall. In the 2023/24 KS2 assessments, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is just one percentage point above the local authority average of 62%. Reading and maths average scores were 106 and 104 respectively, both above the national benchmark of 100. However, no pupils achieved the higher standard in writing or in the combined reading, writing and maths measure, and only 23% reached the higher standard in maths. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sensory room, sports hall, playing fields, art studios, a forest school, library, and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, gymnastics, netball, tennis, dance and athletics, while clubs include drama, choir, book club and eco club. SEND support is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate and severe learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 35.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average economic disadvantage. It is not oversubscribed — its current roll of 194 is well below the 248 capacity — so families in the Stratford-on-Avon area looking for a mid-ranking Church of England primary with strong SEND provision and a Good Ofsted rating should find it a realistic and accessible option.

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