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St Matthew's Bloxam CofE Primary School

Primary · Rugby · CV22 7AU

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Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 27 September 2026

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At a glance

199 pupils · 95% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
28.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
34.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-matthewsbloxam.co.uk/
URN
130883

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 0.62 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.62 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Grasmere Primary SchoolLondon · 76 miles awayStrong standard90%
Ridgefield Primary SchoolCambridge · 62 miles awayGood80%
Barley Close Community Primary SchoolBristol · 80 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Westfield Junior SchoolSt Ives · 51 miles awayGood48%
Hasmonean Primary SchoolLondon · 71 miles awayGood90%
Homerswood Primary and Nursery SchoolWelwyn Garden City · 59 miles awayGood62%
Hillsgrove Primary SchoolWelling · 86 miles awayGood68%
Hogarth Primary SchoolBrentwood · 85 miles awayGood65%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolDarwen · 106 miles awayGood50%
Haxby Road Primary AcademyYork · 111 miles awayGood50%
Ely St Mary's CofE Junior SchoolEly · 65 miles awayGood61%
Outwood Primary SchoolCheadle · 79 miles awayGood66%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
9 of 8 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 53% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Any other White background 19% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 6% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Black African 6% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.94 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 3.32 suspensions and 0.07 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £45,771; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,645
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 7% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £448,884; in-year balance +£89,354

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75%62.3%
Social housing8.1%17.1%
Privately rented16.7%20.5%
Detached houses13.9%22.9%
Flats12.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031167 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£210,000414 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£160,000–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (34)£354,000
Semi-detached (151)£240,000
Terraced (150)£193,000
Flat (79)£127,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.00 km, 2022 entry): 414 sales, median £210,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
16an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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