Our mission is to provide an outstanding whole-person education and at St. Mary's there is a clear focus on learning. The College's distinctive curriculum aims to provide the experience that help create a community of enthusiastic and increasingly independent learners. The attainment of all students is a matter of pride, and good results across all ages and abilities reflect this. As a Maths and Computing Specialist College St. Mary's is at the leading edge in developing innovative teaching and learning strategies across the curriculum. GCSE results compare favourably with the national picture and are considerably better than the standards generally achieved in the Borough. (Ofsted) The majority of lessons are good or better and teachers set work that stimulates and interests pupils; expectations about what pupils can achieve are high. (Ofsted)