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St Mary's RC Infants School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Voluntary aided
West Street, Carshalton SM5 2PT · smcsc.org.uk · 020 8647 5711
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Sutton Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 284
- 88% of 322 places
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 1.8%
- First language not English
- 39.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sutton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 63 families put the school first and 67 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 67 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 83 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 72 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 87 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 81 | 73 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
St Mary's RC Infants School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 85
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied