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St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Glossop Road, Gamesley, Glossop SK13 6JH · assmfederation.srscmat.co.uk · 01457 855818
On the mapSearch near SK13 6JH
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2017/18
- 25%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 34
- 21% of 161 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 64.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 7 families put the school first and 7 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 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2017/18, 25% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 112911)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St Margaret's Catholic Voluntary Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 2 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 112911), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112911)
Sept 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 112911)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (11 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 11
- 37% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied