St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Slough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.346 miles
Published by Slough Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Slough for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 15 January 2025. Slough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Church of England 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 | 0.346 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.346 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 27 Slough primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2022; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 100 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 85 offers went to first-choice families and 15 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Slough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Slough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Yew Tree Road, Slough, SL1 2AR
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Slough
- Pupils on roll
- 675 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 15 January 2025
Strengths
- “This is a caring and nurturing school.”
- “Staff genuinely care about pupils and their wellbeing.”
- “The school provides wide-ranging emotional and mental health support from expert staff in school and from external professionals.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally the learning activities used to address misunderstandings are not precisely focused.”
- “As a result, these gaps are not addressed as quickly as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 February 2025 (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) | 71% | 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: 100 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 85 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 Slough.
- Willow Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Castleview Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ryvers School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- James Elliman Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Khalsa Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Langley Academy Primary 1.3 mi School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published