St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ryde

From the headteacher's welcome: "A warm welcome to you from all of us at St Mary's Catholic Primary School! We are a small one form entry Catholic school situated in the seaside town of Ryde on the (usually!) sunny Isle of Wight. We welcome children from all religions and from none to our Catholic school community."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 67% and 64% in Isle of Wight and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 13 families put St Mary's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 32 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Mary's Catholic Primary School are Oakfield Church of England Aided Primary School, Ryde (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 72% reading, 59% maths); Dover Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 80% reading, 87% maths); Haylands Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 57% reading, 59% maths); and Greenmount Primary School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 47% maths).

St Mary's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

38 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Mary's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 92% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (88%).

8.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Black (8%) and Asian (7%).

In 2026, 43 pupils (23.6%) received SEN support and 10 (5.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School had 11 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Ryde St Johns Road Rail Station, about 670 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is East Hill Road (s-bound), 250 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 190 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Isle of Wight (125), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Mary's Catholic Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.