St Mary's Catholic Primary School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Sept 20 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 4 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Unique reference
- 114570
- Address
- Church Road, Portslade, BN41 1LB
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 212 (98% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 45.8%
- Girls
- 54.2%
- First language not English
- 25.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 29.2%
- Persistent absence
- 10.6%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 15.6%
White British 54.2%
Mixed 15.1%
Other White 11.3%
Other 9.4%
African 3.8%
Irish Traveller 1.4%
Indian 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAverage1.6
WritingAverage-0.6
MathsAverage-0.6
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 66%
Local authority average 59%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 7%
Local authority average 5%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 110
Local authority average 106
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 104
Local authority average 104
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 28
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 33
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 15
- From another Local Authority
- 6
Offers
- 1st preference
- 28
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 3
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 29.8 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 27.5 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 32 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Reception, Full-time | 24 9 15 |
| Year 1 | 30 16 14 |
| Year 2 | 31 15 16 |
| Year 3 | 31 13 18 |
| Year 4 | 32 10 22 |
| Year 5 | 32 18 14 |
| Year 6 | 32 16 16 |