St. Mary's Catholic Junior School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, September 2023.

• Outcome: St. Mary’s Catholic Junior School continues to be a good school.
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• The report says the school's curriculum is broad and ambitious, but some recently revised subjects focus on activities rather than the key knowledge pupils should learn.
• Inspectors found pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are swiftly identified and the school does not delay in seeking advice and support where it may benefit a pupil.

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The school

• The school's mission is to 'Aspire not to have more but to be more'.

Source: St. Mary's Catholic Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• The infant school uses the Little Wandle phonics programme to teach children to read, spell and write.
• The junior school uses the White Rose scheme of learning for maths.
• Children learn to read through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics, supported by the Book Band reading system.
• The infant school follows a Maths Mastery approach, using White Rose Maths and Mastering Number as core schemes.

Source: St. Mary's Catholic Junior School website; St. Mary's Catholic Junior School website; St. Mary's Catholic Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• Catholic children always have priority of admission, but applications from other denominations and faiths who support the school's religious ethos are welcome.

Source: St. Mary's Catholic Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

What each year learns

• Year 3 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 4 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 5 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 6 mathsWhite Rose Maths

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