St Mary's Catholic Primary School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

WiltshireLocal Authority

ChippenhamConstituency

SN15 2AHPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 165 pupils. St Mary's Catholic Primary School is part of THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 5 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 71%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

60%

Asian

Black

16%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

165

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

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: 165
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: THE DUNSTAN CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Jun 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.