St Mary's Catholic Primary School, AxminsterAll Saints Church of England Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Axminster.

Summary of the comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster and All Saints Church of England Primary School are primary schools in Axminster.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and All Saints Church of England Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average). All Saints Church of England Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster was judged Good and All Saints Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 21.0% for St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster and 60.0% for All Saints Church of England Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster (65.0% in 2022-23, 21.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at All Saints Church of England Primary School (75.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster versus All Saints Church of England Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AxminsterSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, AxminsterAxminsterAll Saints Church of England Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100C65/100Stronger figure
Local ranking141st of 303 in Devon 59th of 303 in Devon Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll136 84
Capacity140 140
LocationAxminster, EX13 5BE Axminster, EX13 7LX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard21.0% 60.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score101.0 107.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score98.0 103.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census136 84
Free school meals (ever 6)14.0% 16.7%
English as an additional language11.8% 1.2%
SEN support8.1% 19.1%
SEN with an EHC plan3.7% 6.0%
Attendance
Overall absence5.5% 4.3% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence12.5% 8.8% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Axminster

All Saints Church of England Primary School

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