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Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Stoke Road, Nuneaton CV13 6BF · saint-martins.net · 01455 212386
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 54.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 731
- 97% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- First language not English
- 9.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 171 families put the school first and 164 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 164 | 171 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 136 | 129 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 136 | 134 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 134 | 149 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 139 | 166 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 54.3, and 62.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲54.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲62.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲79.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲61.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.99 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 38.7 | −6.5 |
| Sixth form college | 24.5 | +13.5 |
| Further education | 24.5 | −9.1 |
| Other education | 1.2 | −0.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.5 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −1.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.3 | +2.2 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | +1.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 11 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (121 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 121
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 46 parents (38%) with SEND