It was founded as a chapel of ease of Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon by the Society of Jesus in 1905.

[2] In 1877, The Jesuits came to Wimbledon at the request of Edith Arendrup, a member of the Courtauld family, from Roehampton where they had their novitiate, Manresa House.

[3] By 1903, the number of Catholics were growing in South Wimbledon and it was decided to build another church in the parish to accommodate to increasing congregation.

[2] In 1961, the Jesuits handed over administration of the church to the Archdiocese of Southwark who continue to serve the parish.

It openly states that 'The education that the children receive at St Mary's has Gospel Values at its very core.