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Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School

Primary · Nottingham · NG6 9FN

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Good (2016)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2016. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 10 March 2016

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At a glance

243 pupils · 116% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
16.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
42.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.ourladyopsbulwell.com
URN
138338

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 1.29 first choices per place. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2016. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.29 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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

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
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Nottingham average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary AcademyNewark · 16 miles awayGood33%
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 72 miles awayGood71%
Standens Barn Primary SchoolNorthampton · 54 miles awayGood66%
St George's Catholic Primary School - a Catholic Voluntary AcademyYork · 66 miles awayGood72%
St Nicholas Catholic Primary SchoolLeeds · 58 miles awayGood64%
St Andrew's Southgate Primary School (CE)London · 104 miles awayGood79%
St Bernard's Catholic Primary SchoolBRISTOL · 122 miles awayNo current grade70%
Parkgate Junior SchoolWatford · 97 miles awayNeeds attention58%
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary SchoolNorthampton · 52 miles awayGood57%
Widney Junior SchoolSolihull · 49 miles awayGood80%
Wheelwright Lane Primary SchoolCoventry · 40 miles awayGood54%
St Philip's Catholic Primary SchoolLeeds · 54 miles awayGood85%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 28% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Black African 25% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Any other White background 16% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 15% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 2% (Nottingham 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · 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)
3.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.26 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottingham: 2.95 suspensions and 0.05 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
19.8
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, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 18.5 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 £50,277; 13.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,559
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£53,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher23.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health39.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.2%62.3%
Social housing9%17.1%
Privately rented14.8%20.5%
Detached houses48.1%22.9%
Flats3.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van25.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013889 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000412 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£146,000–£205,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (68)£221,000
Semi-detached (160)£180,000
Terraced (178)£150,000
Flat (6)£84,500

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

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
33an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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