St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Hornchurch
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Mary's is particularly strong at creating a caring, spiritually-rich environment where all children feel safe and valued. The school achieves above-average results across the board, with particularly strong progress for more able readers and mathematicians. Every group of pupils - including those with special needs and disadvantaged families - receives excellent support to make good progress.
Key Strengths
- Pupils make good progress from broadly average starting points to achieve above-average standards in English and mathematics by Year 6
- All groups of pupils, including those with special needs and disadvantaged pupils, make good progress
- The school is very effective at promoting spiritual, moral, social and physical development with a strong caring ethos
- High expectations of behaviour are well established; pupils show caring and respectful attitudes to each other
- Attendance is consistently above the national average
Areas for Improvement
- More able pupils are not always given work that is hard enough and need more opportunities to work independently
- Pupils are not consistently given enough time to respond to and act on their teachers' written marking comments
- School leaders need clearer systems for checking how well the school is performing using data
- Writing standards, particularly in Key Stage 1, need further improvement
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective; the school has appropriate policies and procedures in place relating to safeguarding and equality.
Extracurricular Activities
Music, drama, school visits, swimming, science investigations, physical education
St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a good school where almost all pupils make good or better progress and reach above-average standards by the end of Year 6. The school has a strong spiritual ethos and caring environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending.
At a Glance
8.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 82%. Maths has improved from 73% to 80%. Writing has remained stable at around 75%.
Class Sizes
29.8
Avg class size
29.6
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
12
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
414 pupils
420 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Hornchurch
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Hornchurch
Admissions Demand - Havering
Places available
3,462
Applications
3,096
Got 1st preference
89.8%
Got preferred school
98.4%
Primary admissions across Havering (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.87101%
Overall absence
5.20548%
Persistent absence
365
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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