St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–11 · Southampton
Last distance offered · Reception 2023
0.407 miles
Published by Southampton City Council · offers on 17 April 2023
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St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery is a primary school in Southampton for ages 2–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Southampton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 entry.
St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery 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 2023 | 0.407 mi |
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 in 2023 lived 0.407 miles away, the shortest of 4 Southampton primary schools with a published 2023 last distance (middle figure 0.75 miles).
- Reception 2026 had 56 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 624 pupils on roll and 18.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southampton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southampton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ascupart Street, Southampton, SO14 1LU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Southampton
- Pupils on roll
- 624 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this exceptional school.”
- “They receive an excellent education, with a sharp focus on learning and remembering more, growing in character, and future life chances.”
- “Relationships are strong and pupils are very happy.”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils’ academic achievements have not been good enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2023 (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) | 56% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 56 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 Southampton.
- Hope Community School Southampton 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Infants 0.6 mi Not judged
- Mount Pleasant Juniors 0.7 mi Outstanding
- St John's Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bevois Town Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Banister Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springhill Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ludlow Infant Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published