St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery

State-Funded School

st-marys-cofe-first-school-nursery-dorset-south-west

South WestRegion

DorsetLocal Authority

ChristchurchConstituency

BH22 0JFPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–9, located in Dorset, South West.

It currently serves 148 pupils. St Mary's CofE First School & Nursery is part of The Heath Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Pupils

148

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 9
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 148
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Heath Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
19 May 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
28 Apr 2011	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.