St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Swanley. 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 26/04/2017. 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 7.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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St Mary's Road, Swanley

School Information

Address: St Mary's Road, Swanley, BR8 7BU
Website: http://www.st-marys-swanley.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01322665212
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Amanda McGarrigle
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118754

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 26/04/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 216
Number of Boys: 115
Number of Girls: 101

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.1% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Above Average: -2 Confidence interval -4.4 to 0.4
Writing
Above Average: 2.3 Confidence interval 0.1 to 4.4
Maths
Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -3.3 to 0.8

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:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
St Mary's Road , BR8 7BU 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
High Firs Primary School
Court Crescent , BR8 8NR 		3out of 4 651 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary School, Swanley
Sycamore Drive , BR8 7AY 		3out of 4 744 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Horizon Primary Academy
Hilda May Avenue , BR8 7BT 		3out of 4 880 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Crockenhill Primary School
The Green , Crockenhill BR8 8JG 		3out of 4 1,145 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Orchards Academy
St Mary's Road , BR8 7TE 		3out of 4 294 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
SupaJam Education In Music and Media
St Marys Road , BR8 7TE 		- not rated 294 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Annex School House
Pembroke House , Leyden Hatch Lane BR8 7PS 		- not rated 1,495 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
Beechenlea Lane , BR8 8DR 		3out of 4 2,195 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Kent House Hospital School
Crockenhill Road , St Mary Cray BR5 4EP 		- not rated 3,110 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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