St Mary's Church of England Academy

Primary school in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Requires improvement (May 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 22 May 2024, report published 30 June 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement
Early years	Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around November 2026

The last inspection was in May 2024. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. That’s within the next six months.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.3 milesGreat Heath Academy
Primary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Good (Jan 2024)
1.8 milesBeck Row Primary Academy
Primary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Good (Dec 2023)
2.5 milesWest Row Academy
Primary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Report card, May 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
2.6 milesThe Pines Primary School
Primary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Good (Dec 2022)
3.1 milesSt Christopher's CEVCP School
Primary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Good (Nov 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.