St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton ItchenConstituency

SO14 1LUPostcode

9.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Southampton, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 624 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 59%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

17%

Asian

52%

Black

20%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

624

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

82%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 624
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Nov 2023	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
13 Jun 2018	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.