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St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold

  • 5–9Ages
  • 297Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 138022URN

Rook Tree Lane, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4DL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodMay 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

133 applications for 59 places · 32nd of 82 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodMay 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025

Inspection history

  1. 5 February 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 5 May 2016
    Graded inspection: Good

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About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.3applications per place, Reception
close to Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) close to England median (2.2)

133 applications · 59 places offered · 66 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
  2. 2025 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026591332.3661.12
Sep 202556831.5500.89
Sep 2024581101.9631.09
Sep 202348931.9470.98
Sep 2022601121.9621.03
Sep 202144741.7430.98
Sep 202054841.6541.00
Sep 2019551011.8480.87
Sep 2018481042.2470.98
Sep 2017511222.4490.96
Sep 2016421092.6360.86
Sep 2015481112.3360.75
Sep 2014451052.3430.96

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138022 · 823/3014
Trust
St Mary's Church of England Academy, Stotfold
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
300 pupils · 297 on roll
Free school meals
17.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2012
Replaced
St Mary's VC Lower School (URN 109606)
Address
Rook Tree Lane, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4DL
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources