St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School
About the school
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School is an open primary school in Richmond upon Thames.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 5 June 2024
- Published
- 26 June 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 84%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 78%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 28%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 21%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 88%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 83%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 88%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 72%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 86%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 32%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 52%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 96%
- Richmond upon Thames
- 90%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Richmond upon Thames
- 109
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Richmond upon Thames
- 109
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Richmond upon Thames
- 110
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
166
Girls
51.81%
Boys
48.19%
SEN support
10.84%
Education, health and care plan
3.01%
English as an additional language
38.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
14.46%
Overall absence
4.41
Persistent absence
10.53