St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester in Bicester

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester is a primary school located in Bicester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 20/02/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address:	Queen's Avenue, Bicester, OX26 2NX
Website:	http://www.st-marys-bicester.oxon.sch.uk
Telephone:	01869252035
School Type:	Voluntary aided school
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Oxfordshire
Headteacher / Principal:	Miss Patricia Pickering
Religious character:	Roman Catholic
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	123207

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/02/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	4 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	315
Number of Pupils:	228
Number of Boys:	112
Number of Girls:	116

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	3.7%	4%
Persistent absence:	8.1%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Above Average: 0 Confidence interval -1.9 to 2

Writing

Above Average: 1.9 Confidence interval 0.1 to 3.7

Maths

Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.5 to 0.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	63%
England Average:	65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	8%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	103
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	103
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester Queen's Avenue , OX26 2NX	3out of 4	0 yd	Voluntary aided school	No	Mixed	More About School
Brookside Primary School Bucknell Road , OX26 2DB	3out of 4	164 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Longfields Primary and Nursery School Longfields , OX26 6QL	3out of 4	853 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Bure Park Primary School Lucerne Avenue , Bure Park OX26 3BP	3out of 4	1,060 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
King's Meadow Primary School Shakespeare Drive , OX26 2LU	3out of 4	1,178 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Bicester School Queen's Avenue , OX26 2NS	3out of 4	203 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
The Cooper School Churchill Road , OX26 4RS	3out of 4	1,348 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School
Whitelands Academy Hexham Road , OX26 1AY	- not rated	1,550 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Bardwell School Hendon Place , Sunderland Drive OX26 4RZ	3out of 4	1,696 yd	Academy special converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Bruern Abbey School Chesterton Manor , Chesterton OX26 1UY	- not rated	2,554 yd	Other independent school	No	Boys	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, BicesterQueen's Avenue, Bicester