St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
Stansted, CM24 8FE · Essex · primary school
78th of 391 primary schools in Essex we can score, 444 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 8.3/10 against 3,861 of them, against 7.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 | 75.0 · 78 | 41% | 3.17 |
| Ofsted | 52 | 34% | 1.74 |
| Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 | 13.0 · 78 | 26% | 1.98 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 75.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. The higher standard was reached by 13.0%. Ofsted rated the school Good in March 2022. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.3 out of 10 against similar schools, 7.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils participate in cross country, dance festivals, gymnastics, dodgeball, hockey, dance, and yoga. An after-school club is available, but there is no breakfast club.
Getting in. The school has 255 pupils in a capacity of 315 places, leaving 60 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who arrive without a morning routine, given the absence of a breakfast club? What specific steps are taken to maintain the Good rating following the 2022 inspection? How do class sizes currently compare to the maximum capacity?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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