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St Oswald's CofE Academy

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

196 pupils · 93% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
39.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.stoswalds.covmat.org
URN
142022

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 5 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

25 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.

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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
6%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 peers57.5%
Warwickshire average62.3%
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
St John's Church of England Primary AcademyWednesbury · 33 miles awayGood73%
Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-LyneAshton-under-Lyne · 84 miles awayGood63%
Great Harwood Primary SchoolBlackburn · 108 miles awayGood52%
Avonmouth Church of England Primary School and NurseryBristol · 85 miles awayGood48%
St Luke's Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 96 miles awayExpected standard68%
Saffron Green Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 66 miles awayGood36%
St Barnabas CofE VA Primary SchoolTunbridge Wells · 108 miles awayGood67%
Stoke Park Primary SchoolBristol · 82 miles awayGood39%
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, KentonNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 183 miles awayNo current grade66%
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England AcademyNelson · 108 miles awayGood40%
Stanground St Johns CofE Primary SchoolPeterborough · 46 miles awayGood67%
Ash Hill Primary SchoolHigh Wycombe · 57 miles awayUrgent improvement43%

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.

Resourced provision
2 pupils on roll

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 41% (Warwickshire 68%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Warwickshire 8%, England 7%) · Black African 11% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Not recorded 8% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 6% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Warwickshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Warwickshire 0%, England 0%)

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)
6.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.69 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
45.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

47% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% moved to another state school · 24% 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)

71.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £38,181; 0% 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£7,190
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 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£112,000

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier48.2%62.3%
Social housing21.9%17.1%
Privately rented29.9%20.5%
Detached houses9.8%22.9%
Flats19.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12%21.1%
Households with no car or van19%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031168 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£215,000365 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£173,500–£255,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (25)£330,000
Semi-detached (143)£245,000
Terraced (141)£195,000
Flat (56)£130,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an 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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