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Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Riversley Park, Coton Road, Nuneaton CV11 5TY · olstjacademy.co.uk · 024 7638 3807
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Warwickshire 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 572
- 96 over 476 places · 120%
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 14.1%
- First language not English
- 26.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 96 families put the school first and 69 places were offered; 72% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 69 | 96 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 70 | 94 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 70 | 85 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 83 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 67 | 93 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Warwickshire it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy on 4 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 4 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (103 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 103
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (26%) with SEND