St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

Stockport · SK6 5BR

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 222 pupils, 7.2% FSM

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St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy

General Information

Address: Lowry Drive, Marple Bridge, Stockport, SK6 5BR – View on map
Phone: 01614277498
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr John Nish
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 28 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 28 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

222 pupils out of 250 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 15
% eligible for free school meals: 7.2%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Stockport average)
English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 6.2% a year (Stockport 11.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

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 Stockport: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 2 (0.1 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 Stockport, 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: 3.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.2%
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: 6.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 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

Good 2023 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: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 7 percentage points above the Stockport average (66%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 72%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
Based on: 30 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 schoolStockport averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 7 percentage points above the Stockport average (66%).

Year 6 SATs: 24th of 70 junior and primary schools in the area

=21Lane End Primary School74%
=21Norbury Hall Primary School74%
#24St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy73%
#25St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel72%
=26Banks Lane Junior School71%

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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

#1Gatley Primary School93%
=2Bradshaw Hall Primary School90%
=2Torkington Primary School90%
#4St Peter's Catholic Primary School87%
#5St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy85%
#6Tithe Barn Primary School84%
=7Great Moor Junior School83%
=7Ladybrook Primary School83%
=7Our Lady's Catholic Primary School83%
=7Pownall Green Primary School83%
#11Didsbury Road Primary School82%
=12Moss Hey Primary School81%
=12St John's Church of England Primary School81%
#14All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple80%
=15Cheadle Catholic Junior School79%
=15Thorn Grove Primary School79%
=17Lum Head Primary School78%
=17Oak Tree Primary School78%
#19Ludworth Primary School77%
#20Hursthead Junior School76%
=21Cheadle Hulme Primary School74%
=21Lane End Primary School74%
=21Norbury Hall Primary School74%
#24St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy73%
#25St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel72%
=26Banks Lane Junior School71%
=26Bredbury Green Primary School71%
=26Meadowbank Primary School71%
=26Mellor Primary School71%
#30St George's Church of England Primary School70%
=31Broadstone Hall Primary School69%
=31St Mary's Church of England Primary School69%
#33St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy68%
#34Outwood Primary School66%
#35Prospect Vale Primary School65%
#36North Cheshire Jewish Primary School64%
=37Etchells Primary School63%
=37Mersey Vale Primary School63%
=37Rose Hill Primary School63%
=40Cale Green Primary School62%
=40Cheadle Heath Primary School62%
=40Greave Primary School62%
=43Westmorland Primary School61%
=43Whitehill Primary School61%
#45Moorfield Primary School57%
#46Cheadle Village Primary School56%
=47St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School55%
=47St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary55%
=49Arden Primary School54%
=49Bridge Hall Primary School54%
=51St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy53%
=51Woodley Primary School53%
#53Dane Bank Primary School52%
=54Fairway Primary School50%
=54St Simon's Catholic Primary School50%
#56Dial Park Primary School48%
=57Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School47%
=57Vale View Primary School47%
=59Lark Hill Primary School45%
=59St Ambrose Catholic Primary School45%
#61St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington44%
#62Ladybridge Primary School43%
=63Brookside Primary School42%
=63Warren Wood Primary School42%
#65Hazel Grove Primary School41%
=66Abingdon Primary School39%
=66Vernon Park Primary School39%
#68All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport36%
#69St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport33%
#70St Matthew's Church of England Primary School19%

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43rd of 60 primary schools in Stockport for Ofsted rating

#41St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
#42St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary AcademyGood
#43St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#44St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#45St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood

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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

#1Alexandra Park Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Bradshaw Hall Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Gatley Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Ladybrook Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Adswood Primary SchoolGood
#6All Saints Church of England Primary School MarpleGood
#7All Saints Church of England Primary School StockportGood
#8Arden Primary SchoolGood
#9Bolshaw Primary SchoolGood
#10Bramhall Park Primary SchoolGood
#11Bredbury Green Primary SchoolGood
#12Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary SchoolGood
#13Broadstone Hall Primary SchoolGood
#14Cheadle Hulme Primary SchoolGood
#15Cheadle Village Primary SchoolGood
#16Dane Bank Primary SchoolGood
#17Dial Park Primary SchoolGood
#18Didsbury Road Primary SchoolGood
#19Fairway Primary SchoolGood
#20Hazel Grove Primary SchoolGood
#21High Lane Primary SchoolGood
#22Ladybridge Primary SchoolGood
#23Lane End Primary SchoolGood
#24Lark Hill Primary SchoolGood
#25Ludworth Primary SchoolGood
#26Lum Head Primary SchoolGood
#27Meadowbank Primary SchoolGood
#28Mersey Vale Primary SchoolGood
#29Norbury Hall Primary SchoolGood
#30Norris Bank Primary SchoolGood
#31North Cheshire Jewish Primary SchoolGood
#32Oak Tree Primary SchoolGood
#33Our Lady's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#34Outwood Primary SchoolGood
#35Pownall Green Primary SchoolGood
#36Prospect Vale Primary SchoolGood
#37Romiley Primary SchoolGood
#38Rose Hill Primary SchoolGood
#39St Ambrose Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#40St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#41St Christopher's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
#42St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary AcademyGood
#43St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#44St Matthew's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#45St Philip's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyGood
#46St Simon's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#47St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton ChapelGood
#48Thorn Grove Primary SchoolGood
#49Tithe Barn Primary SchoolGood
#50Torkington Primary SchoolGood
#51Vale View Primary SchoolGood
#52Warren Wood Primary SchoolGood
#53Westmorland Primary SchoolGood
#54Whitehill Primary SchoolGood
#55Abingdon Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#56Bridge Hall Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#57St Elisabeth's Church of England PrimaryRequires improvement
#58St Paul's Church of England Primary School BrinningtonRequires improvement
#59St Thomas' Church of England Primary School StockportRequires improvement
#60St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,986 (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.

32nd of 71 primary schools in Stockport for spending per pupil

#30Our Lady's Catholic Primary School£7,043
#31Thorn Grove Primary School£7,029
#32St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,986
#33St Simon's Catholic Primary School£6,985
#34Ladybrook Primary School£6,977

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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

#1St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£10,441
#2North Cheshire Jewish Primary School£10,260
#3Bridge Hall Primary School£10,167
#4Ladybridge Primary School£9,344
#5Lark Hill Primary School£8,944
#6Brookside Primary School£8,847
#7St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Stockport£8,741
#8St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£8,709
#9Woodford Primary School£8,670
#10Bredbury Green Primary School£8,474
#11Whitehill Primary School£8,426
#12Vale View Primary School£8,396
#13All Saints Church of England Primary School Stockport£8,349
#14St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£8,226
#15St Paul's Church of England Primary School Brinnington£8,113
#16Abingdon Primary School£8,092
#17Dial Park Primary School£8,065
#18St Matthew's Church of England Primary School£8,047
#19Westmorland Primary School£8,012
#20Mersey Vale Primary School£7,972
#21Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary School£7,755
#22Tithe Barn Primary School£7,732
#23Outwood Primary School£7,698
#24Bramhall Park Primary School£7,551
#25Lum Head Primary School£7,362
#26St George's Church of England Primary School£7,307
#27Moorfield Primary School£7,178
#28St Ambrose Catholic Primary School£7,120
#29Dane Bank Primary School£7,093
#30Our Lady's Catholic Primary School£7,043
#31Thorn Grove Primary School£7,029
#32St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,986
#33St Simon's Catholic Primary School£6,985
#34Ladybrook Primary School£6,977
#35Vernon Park Primary School£6,955
#36Moss Hey Primary School£6,935
#37Cale Green Primary School£6,820
#38Etchells Primary School£6,777
#39Cheadle Heath Primary School£6,739
#40Lane End Primary School£6,596
#41St Mary's Church of England Primary School£6,507
#42Fairway Primary School£6,503
#43Cheadle Village Primary School£6,462
#44St Elisabeth's Church of England Primary£6,416
#45Prospect Vale Primary School£6,410
#46Rose Hill Primary School£6,390
#47Ludworth Primary School£6,375
#48Broadstone Hall Primary School£6,371
#49Woodley Primary School£6,313
#50Meadowbank Primary School£6,273
#51St John's Church of England Primary School£6,268
#52Arden Primary School£6,246
#53Didsbury Road Primary School£6,232
#54All Saints Church of England Primary School Marple£6,206
#55Mellor Primary School£6,171
#56St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Heaton Chapel£6,168
#57Oak Tree Primary School£6,164
#58Greave Primary School£6,153
#59Hazel Grove Primary School£6,014
#60Bradshaw Hall Primary School£6,009
#61St Peter's Catholic Primary School£5,897
#62St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Reddish, a Voluntary Academy£5,890
#63Cheadle Hulme Primary School£5,798
#64Pownall Green Primary School£5,732
#65Torkington Primary School£5,589
#66Warren Wood Primary School£5,526
#67Norbury Hall Primary School£5,388
#68Gatley Primary School£5,369
#69Bolshaw Primary School£3,440
#70Romiley Primary School£3,377
#71St Winifred's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£1,899

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