Beaconsfield Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham NG7 6FL
10 reasons to choose St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Top line
St Mary’s Catholic Primary Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Nottingham and one of the 7 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Mary’s Catholic Primary Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 21 members of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection. It is one of the 5 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Nottingham LEA.
Average class size
St Mary’s Catholic Primary Academy has one class per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Mary’s Catholic Primary Academy ranks in the top 12% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 10% of schools.
The St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, Spanish. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.50am to 3.15pm. Breakfast club from 7.50am.
Find another school near St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
Nottingham High Infant & Junior School (0.8 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High Infant & Junior School (0.8 miles); Hollygirt Junior School (1 mile).
Haydn Primary School (1.2 miles); St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Aspley (1.6 miles); Abbey Road Primary School (3.8 miles).
Nottingham High School (1.1 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST (1.3 miles); Hollygirt School (1.5 miles).
Bluecoat Academy (1.2 miles); Harris Academy Greenwich (1.2 miles); Harris Academy Falconwood (1.4 miles).