St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Greenwich · SE9 1UF

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 447 pupils, 10.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

General Information

Address: Glenure Road, Eltham, London, SE9 1UF – View on map
Phone: 02088507835
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Sims
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 78 families put it first for 60 places – 13 for every 10 places. 74% of them were offered a place. 5 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 15 · 2025 13 · 2026 13
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

447 pupils out of 420 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
% eligible for free school meals: 10.7%
Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Greenwich average)
English as an additional language: 24% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 6.8% a year (Greenwich 17.6%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Greenwich: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Greenwich, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 2.8%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 12 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 83% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 32% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Greenwich average (72%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 88% against an expected 69%)
3-year average (expected standard): 88%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 93% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolGreenwich averageEngland↘ Falling Down 10 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 11 percentage points above the Greenwich average (72%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 7th of 62 junior and primary schools in the area

=7Morden Mount Primary School83%
=7Nightingale Primary School83%
=7St Mary's Catholic Primary School83%
=11Gordon Primary School82%
=11Meridian Primary School82%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Deansfield Primary School91%
#2St Patrick's Catholic Primary School88%
=3Alderwood Primary School87%
=3Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School87%
#5Wingfield Primary School85%
#6Sherington Primary School84%
=7Eltham Church of England Primary School83%
=7Morden Mount Primary School83%
=7Nightingale Primary School83%
=7St Mary's Catholic Primary School83%
=11Gordon Primary School82%
=11Meridian Primary School82%
=13Foxfield Primary School81%
=13Rockliffe Manor Primary School81%
=15Cherry Orchard Primary School80%
=15Fossdene Primary School80%
=15Horn Park Primary School80%
=15James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf80%
=15Timbercroft Primary School80%
=20Cardwell Primary School79%
=20Plumcroft Primary School79%
=22Boxgrove Primary School78%
=22South Rise Primary School78%
=24Ealdham Primary School77%
=24Henwick Primary School77%
=24Heronsgate Primary School77%
=24Millennium Primary School77%
#28De Lucy Primary School76%
=29Greenslade Primary School75%
=29Halstow Primary School75%
=29Kidbrooke Park Primary School75%
=29St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School75%
=29St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School75%
=34Hawksmoor School74%
=34Mulgrave Primary School74%
=36Bannockburn Primary School73%
=36Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill73%
=36Conway Primary School73%
=36St Peter's Catholic Primary School73%
=36Thorntree Primary School73%
=36Wyborne Primary School73%
=42Alexander McLeod Primary School72%
=42Haimo Primary School72%
=44Eglinton Primary School69%
=44St Thomas More Catholic Primary School69%
=46Middle Park Primary School68%
=46St Joseph's Catholic Primary School68%
=48Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School67%
=48St Margaret's Church of England Primary School67%
=50Christ Church Church of England Primary School65%
=50Montbelle Primary School65%
=50Windrush Charlton Primary School65%
=53Linton Mead Primary School63%
=53St Alfege with St Peter's Church of England Primary School63%
=53Woodhill Primary School63%
=56Brooklands Primary School61%
=56Invicta Primary School61%
#58Discovery Primary School59%
#59Windrush Thamesmead Primary School57%
#60Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit56%
#61Charlton Manor Primary School48%
#62Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School47%

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4th of 45 primary schools in Greenwich for Ofsted rating

#2Heronsgate Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Windrush Thamesmead Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Foxfield Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Heronsgate Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Windrush Thamesmead Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Wingfield Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8Alexander McLeod Primary SchoolGood
#9Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#10Boxgrove Primary SchoolGood
#11Brooklands Primary SchoolGood
#12Charlton Manor Primary SchoolGood
#13Cherry Orchard Primary SchoolGood
#14Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters HillGood
#15Conway Primary SchoolGood
#16De Lucy Primary SchoolGood
#17Eltham Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#18Gordon Primary SchoolGood
#19Greenslade Primary SchoolGood
#20Haimo Primary SchoolGood
#21Hawksmoor SchoolGood
#22Henwick Primary SchoolGood
#23Horn Park Primary SchoolGood
#24Invicta Primary SchoolGood
#25James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the DeafGood
#26Kidbrooke Park Primary SchoolGood
#27Linton Mead Primary SchoolGood
#28Meridian Primary SchoolGood
#29Montbelle Primary SchoolGood
#30Morden Mount Primary SchoolGood
#31Mulgrave Primary SchoolGood
#32Notre Dame Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#33Plumcroft Primary SchoolGood
#34Rockliffe Manor Primary SchoolGood
#35Sherington Primary SchoolGood
#36South Rise Primary SchoolGood
#37St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#38St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#39St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#40St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#41St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#42St Thomas More Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#43Timbercroft Primary SchoolGood
#44Woodhill Primary SchoolGood
#45Wyborne Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,026 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

59th of 62 primary schools in Greenwich for spending per pupil

#57Wingfield Primary School£7,126
#58Eltham Church of England Primary School£7,073
#59St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,026
#60Halstow Primary School£6,877
#61Deansfield Primary School£6,533

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Windrush Thamesmead Primary School£12,322
#2Cherry Orchard Primary School£11,674
#3Fossdene Primary School£11,496
#4St Joseph's Catholic Primary School£11,448
#5Alderwood Primary School£10,724
#6Meridian Primary School£10,690
#7St Margaret's Church of England Primary School£10,661
#8Greenacres Primary School and Language Impairment Unit£10,451
#9Hawksmoor School£10,288
#10De Lucy Primary School£10,152
#11Christ Church Church of England Primary School£10,066
#12Mulgrave Primary School£9,704
#13Linton Mead Primary School£9,597
#14St Alfege with St Peter's Church of England Primary School£9,469
#15Woodhill Primary School£9,417
#16Eglinton Primary School£9,382
#17St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School£9,349
#18Henwick Primary School£9,193
#19James Wolfe Primary School and Centre for the Deaf£9,119
#20Horn Park Primary School£8,876
#21Discovery Primary School£8,768
#22Middle Park Primary School£8,756
#23Thorntree Primary School£8,736
#24Cardwell Primary School£8,730
#25Kidbrooke Park Primary School£8,662
#26Greenslade Primary School£8,508
#27Nightingale Primary School£8,443
#28Christ Church Church of England Primary School, Shooters Hill£8,365
#29Morden Mount Primary School£8,357
#30Alexander McLeod Primary School£8,321
#31Invicta Primary School£8,307
#32Bishop John Robinson Church of England Primary School£8,303
#33Boxgrove Primary School£8,279
#34Montbelle Primary School£8,270
#35Rockliffe Manor Primary School£8,218
#36Haimo Primary School£8,208
#37Heronsgate Primary School£8,205
#38Millennium Primary School£8,157
#39Conway Primary School£8,127
#40Ealdham Primary School£7,999
#41Gordon Primary School£7,991
#42St Peter's Catholic Primary School£7,983
#43St Thomas A Becket Roman Catholic Primary School£7,940
#44Sherington Primary School£7,857
#45Windrush Charlton Primary School£7,822
#46St Thomas More Catholic Primary School£7,776
#47St Patrick's Catholic Primary School£7,770
#48Wyborne Primary School£7,749
#49Timbercroft Primary School£7,741
#50Charlton Manor Primary School£7,731
#51Plumcroft Primary School£7,645
#52South Rise Primary School£7,628
#53Our Lady of Grace Catholic Primary School£7,553
#54Brooklands Primary School£7,522
#55Bannockburn Primary School£7,342
#56Foxfield Primary School£7,307
#57Wingfield Primary School£7,126
#58Eltham Church of England Primary School£7,073
#59St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,026
#60Halstow Primary School£6,877
#61Deansfield Primary School£6,533
#62Notre Dame Catholic Primary School£3,284

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