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Axminster, South West
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is a primary academy in Axminster, South West.
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is a primary academy in Axminster, South West. It has not yet been rated by students on y.school. Be the first to rate this academy and help other students and parents understand what the school experience is really like.
In terms of academic performance, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster has 69% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths at KS2.
The school has 58 pupils on roll, a teacher turnover rate of 20.4%, 13% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
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Source: DfE / Ofsted · context onlyGovernment data is shown for context and does not influence the student-review Student Score. Small schools can show extreme percentages from small sample sizes.
Latest government data shown is for the 2024/25 academic year; some figures cover earlier years.
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In context — vs similar-intake schools
Above par for its intakeSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is in the upper half for KS2 results (reading, writing & maths) among schools with a similar intake (8–13% of pupils eligible for free school meals).
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At St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined at the end of Key Stage 2.
75% met the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths.
The teacher turnover rate at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster is 20.4%. This measures the percentage of teachers who left the school in the past year.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster has 58 pupils on roll.
13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is used as a proxy for socioeconomic disadvantage.
12% of pupils receive SEN (Special Educational Needs) support or have an Education, Health and Care plan.
Compared with 2,752 schools nationally that have a similar share of disadvantaged pupils (8–13% of pupils eligible for free school meals). Raw league-table positions are heavily shaped by intake; this comparison isolates how a school performs relative to others facing similar circumstances. Source: Department for Education.
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National percentiles (100 = best) for the area around the school · 5/5 measures · Police.uk, DEFRA, NaPTAN, DfT STATS19, MHCLG IoD 2025.
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