# St Mary's School — Cambridge, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 3.0/5 from 5 published reviews
- **Students:** 300
- **Founded:** 1898
- **Principal:** Sarah O'Connor

## Contact

- **Address:** Bateman Street
- **Phone:** 1223911123
- **Website:** https://www.stmaryscambridge.co.uk
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/cambridge/st-marys-school-4479

## About

St Mary's School, Cambridge, is a prestigious independent primary school that has been nurturing young minds since its founding in 1898. The school is known for its strong emphasis on academic excellence, creativity, and personal development. With a rich history, St Mary's combines traditional values with modern educational practices, ensuring that students receive a well-rounded education that prepares them for future challenges. The curriculum at St Mary's is designed to inspire a love of learning, offering a wide range of subjects including the arts, sciences, and humanities. The school boasts excellent facilities, including modern classrooms, a library, and outdoor spaces that encourage exploration and play. St Mary's is also recognized for its commitment to fostering a supportive and inclusive community, where each child is valued and encouraged to reach their full potential.

## Recent parent reviews

- **5/5** — St Mary’s is the best ever 😀: They make everyone feel included.And have the best pastoral care ever ! There lessons are well mixed and have fun lessons like food tech a lot!!The food is so good and you can even pick up a grab and go meal like a sandwich crisps chocolate and an apple/rasins.The school itself is very clean and pupils are very kind! *(Sep 2025)*
- **5/5** — Love St Mary's Cambridge: My daughter transferred to St Marys Cambridge in Year 9 after experiencing bullying at a comprehensive school and struggling with learning due to her dyslexia. She had slipped through the net and her mental health was in a state. She hadn't learned anything in 2 years and we were concerned that she would not return to her happy, confident, fun and expressive self. St Marys welcomed her with open arms and nurtured her. She received the education and pastoral care that she needed. She felt support… *(Jan 2025)*
- **1/5** — Just no.: As a former student (after being asked to leave) I was treated with extreme prejudice. They are big on mental health and caring for each 'individual student' when in reality they sweep people aside when they become even a slight problem -do not put your children in this school; your money will be better spent somewhere else *(Dec 2023)*
- **1/5** — HORRIBLE!: People struggled with self harm and the school doesn’t do anything. And the boarding house doesn’t let you go out anymore. As a student my self I’ve never ever experienced teacher as bad as this school. You don’t even learn anything, when you struggle on something they get mad at you saying you didn’t pay attention during class but really they don’t teacher anything *(Jun 2023)*
- **1/5** — this school is disgusting: teaching is horrible and students have to put in 3x the effort to learn anything, there is also a secondary school branch to this school - where it has strict GCSE limitations, teachers who can’t teach and a pastoral department full of people who didn’t believe someone when they opened up about being sexually assaulted. both schools are also incredibly homophobic and transphobic, giving students who are a part of the lgbt+ community less attention, privileges, and telling parents that their chil… *(Aug 2021)*

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