St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Gosport, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Gosport, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 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 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Reception 2026, as at 204 of the 315 other Hampshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026, there were 15 first-choice applications for 15 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 30% met the expected standard, the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ann's Hill Road, Gosport, PO12 3NB
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are eager to come to this welcoming and inclusive school where they can learn each day.”
- “Leaders place the school values of ‘pride, community and joy’ at the heart of everything they do.”
- “They have high ambitions for all pupils including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “This careful curriculum thinking is not as secure in the early years.”
- “Here, leaders have considered each area of learning, but their curriculum thinking lacks the required detail.”
- “They have not precisely identified the knowledge and skills that children need to build from their starting points.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 30% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 15 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 Hampshire.
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leesland Church of England Controlled Junior School 0.4 mi Good
- Brockhurst Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's, Gosport Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
- Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haselworth Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alverstoke Church of England Aided Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- King's Academy Gomer 0.8 mi Not judged