St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy

State-Funded School

st-marys-primary-school-a-catholic-voluntary-academy-sheffield-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

SheffieldLocal Authority

Penistone and StocksbridgeConstituency

S35 3HYPostcode

8.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 169 pupils. St Mary's Primary School, A Catholic Voluntary Academy is part of ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 10 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 74%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Pupils

169

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

11%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 169
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: ST CLARE CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 13 October 2021. 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
13 Jun 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.