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Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy

Primary · Nuneaton · CV11 5TY

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 March 2025

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At a glance

572 pupils · 120% of 476 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
14.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.olstjacademy.co.uk/
URN
141823

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 96 families named it first for 69 Reception places, 1.39 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.447 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.39 first-choice applications per place

69 places offered · 96 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.447 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.447 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
Warwickshire average62.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary SchoolPoole · 125 miles awayExpected standard66%
Greswold Primary SchoolSolihull · 15 miles awayGood67%
Cornerstone CofE (VA) Primary SchoolFareham · 114 miles awayNo current grade82%
Castle Hill Primary SchoolBasingstoke · 88 miles awayGood67%
Trinity Primary SchoolHereford · 62 miles awayGood62%
Holly Spring Primary SchoolBracknell · 82 miles awayGood48%
Earls Hall Primary SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 113 miles awayGood66%
Barnsbury Primary School and NurseryWoking · 92 miles awayExpected standard61%
Haywood Village AcademyNorth Somerset · 103 miles awayOutstanding (2019)72%
Brunswick Primary SchoolHove · 129 miles awayRequires improvement57%
The Vale AcademyDunstable · 59 miles awayGood73%
Higher Lane Primary SchoolManchester · 79 miles awayNeeds attention62%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 49% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 11% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 11% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Black African 7% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

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)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.42 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
28.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

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)

78.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.5 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 £43,695; 21.1% 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£6,285
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£4,000

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways31.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.6%62.3%
Social housing25.6%17.1%
Privately rented25%20.5%
Detached houses5.6%22.9%
Flats40.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van40.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031119 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£170,000285 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£134,000–£215,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£300,000
Semi-detached (85)£210,000
Terraced (111)£165,000
Flat (64)£100,000

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 (3.94 km, 2026 entry): 3,157 sales, median £240,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
40an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an 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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