St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School, year by year

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• Less predictable The distance cut-off has moved a lot from year to year (between 290 m and 912 m, or 0.18 and 0.57 miles), and the share of places going to siblings has swung (5 of 30 places in 2024, 14 of 30 in 2025). Treat past cut-offs here with extra caution.
• The distance cut-off was 311 m (0.19 miles) in both 2025 and 2026.
• Voluntary aided Church of England school: 20 Foundation places for children whose parent is active in the life and worship of a Christian church for two years (worship at least twice a month plus a church role; the school's supplementary form is needed) and 10 Open places for everyone else.
• In Open places, siblings rank above exceptional medical or social need.
• The current policy also gives priority in Open places, ahead of distance, to children of qualified teachers or teaching assistants who have worked at the school for more than two years (one place per year group).
• Unfilled Foundation places become Open places, and the reverse.
• Children with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) naming the school are admitted first.

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted inspected St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School on 19 May 2026 and published a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. Safeguarding standards were met.

• Ofsted has used report cards since 10 November 2025. Each area gets its own grade, and Ofsted says the new grades can’t be compared with the old ones. How Ofsted grades schools
• From Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026. An inspection after that date may not be shown yet: the full report on Ofsted’s website is always the latest.

Read the full report on Ofsted’s website Source: Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 30 Sep 2026 (Ofsted, published 16 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Admission criteria at St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order. In 2026, the last places went to children in group 3.

1. Foundation places (up to 20): children of parents active in the life and worship of St Mary's, All Saints' or St Margaret's Putney, or another Christian church.
2. Open places (up to 10): children with a brother or sister in the school (Reception to Year 6) on the date of admission.
3. Open places: other children, by straight-line distance from home to the central point of the school site.

Read the official admission rulesSt Mary's Church of England Primary School, Putney: Admissions Policy, Reception Class Entry (2027-28). The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.