St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School admissions: how far away places were offered

Reception offers at St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School, year by year

• “No cut-off” means every applicant was offered a place at the school or at a school they ranked higher, so places never ran out on distance.

Things to know before you apply for September 2027

• In each of 2022 to 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place here or at a school they ranked higher.
• If oversubscribed, Catholic children come first.
• Those with a Certificate of Catholic Practice are ranked by how regularly the family attends Mass.
• Within each category, ties are broken by sibling, then medical/social need, then distance.
• Baptism or practice certificates must be taken to the school.

Ofsted inspection

At its graded inspection on 24 May 2023, Ofsted’s overall judgement of St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School was Good.

• This inspection was under Ofsted’s previous framework. Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted publishes report cards instead, and 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 RC Voluntary Aided Primary School

If more children apply than there are places, the 2026 rules offer places in this order.

1. Looked-after and previously looked-after Catholic children (adopted or under a child arrangements or special guardianship order).
2. Baptised Catholic children with a Certificate of Catholic Practice (regular Mass attenders ranked above occasional, then irregular).
3. Other baptised Catholic children (baptismal certificate or evidence of reception into the Catholic Church needed).
4. Other looked-after and previously looked-after children.
5. Children enrolled in the catechumenate (evidence of enrolment needed).
6. Children who are members of Eastern Orthodox Churches (evidence of baptism needed).
7. Children who are members of other faiths, Churches and denominations (evidence of baptism, dedication or membership needed).
8. Any other children. Within each group: siblings, then medical/social need, then straight-line distance to the centre of the school site.

Where a year’s rules are missing from our data, we use the nearest year’s.

Read the official admission rulesThe Federation of Sacred Heart & St Mary's RC Primary School, Battersea: admissions policy 2027-2028. The school’s own published arrangements always take priority over our summary.