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Aston St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Stevenage

School Lane, Aston, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 7HA

10 reasons to choose Aston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

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Aston St Mary’s Church of England Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Stevenage and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.

School fundamentals

Aston St Mary’s Church of England Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England voluntary aided faith school. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply an Outstanding rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Hertfordshire LEA.

Average class size

Aston St Mary’s Church of England Primary School has five mixed-age classes and an average class size of 28 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Aston St Mary’s Church of England Primary School ranks in the top 12% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 13% of schools.

The Aston St Mary's Church of England Primary School curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Christian social morality and also includes PSHE, French. Most subjects are taught separately and are organised by half-termly topics. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a biennial residential trip for Years 5 and 6.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at Aston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Aston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

School hours are from 8.55am to 3.15pm though after school clubs may extend the day.

Find another school near Aston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Independent Prep Schools

Heath Mount School (4.5 miles); Sherrardswood Preparatory School (5.5 miles); Kingshott School (7.1 miles).

State Primary Schools

Broom Barns Community Primary School (2 miles); Knebworth Primary and Nursery School (2.7 miles); St John’s Church of England Primary School, Digswell (6.5 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Sherrardswood School (5.5 miles); St Edmund’s College, Ware (8.2 miles); St Christopher School, Letchworth (8.8 miles).

State Senior Schools

The John Henry Newman Catholic School (5 miles); Hitchin Girls’ School (8 miles); Hitchin Boys’ School (8.3 miles).

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