St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Bessemer Road East, Swindon, SN2 1PE
398 pupils · 97% of 410 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- ST MARY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL (ACADEMY TRUST), SWINDON
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Free school meals
- 6%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 20 November 2024, published 9 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 70% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 15% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 32 | 31 | 69 | 32 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 46 | 44 | 83 | 46 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 50 | 49 | 103 | 50 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 48 | 48 | 74 | 48 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 46 | 46 | 85 | 46 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 44 | 42 | 71 | 44 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 43 | 42 | 78 | 43 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 40 | 40 | 75 | 40 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ferndale Primary School & Nursery 0.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Even Swindon Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Rodbourne Cheney Primary School 1.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Moredon Primary School 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Gorse Hill Primary School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Greenmeadow Primary School 1.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.