St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in both earlier published years, 2022 and 2025.
- In 2024/25, 82% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 25 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In January 2026, 4.3% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 20.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Waltham Forest schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Station Road, Chingford, London, E4 7BJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “St Mary’s school is friendly and welcoming to pupils, staff and visitors alike.”
- “Pupils enter each morning happy and ready to learn.”
- “The school ensures that all pupils in the school have access to a broad and balanced curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, pupils are given books to read that use sounds the pupil knows well and not the sounds they are learning in class.”
- “This can slow pupils’ reading development.”
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is not fully embedded or leaders are still in the process of identifying the most important knowledge that pupils need to be taught and the order in which they should learn it.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 82% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Waltham Forest.
- Chingford CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whitehall Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Yardley Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkside Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lime Academy Larkswood 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Ainslie Wood Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodford Green Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published