St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster

State-Funded School

st-marys-catholic-primary-school-axminster-devon-south-west

South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

Honiton and SidmouthConstituency

EX13 5BEPostcode

7.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Devon, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 136 pupils. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is part of PLYMOUTH CAST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

136

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 136
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: PLYMOUTH CAST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 17 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Jul 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.