Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School has received an outstanding rating across all areas of its performance during its first routine inspection. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusivity, fostering a nurturing environment where all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those speaking English as an additional language, are supported well. With a well-structured curriculum that prioritizes reading and personal development, students achieve exceptionally well and show maturity in their understanding of cultural and social issues. The school's religious ethos plays a vital role in its curriculum, which contributes positively to pupils' personal development and community engagement.

Strengths

• High expectations and a nurturing, inclusive environment.
• Exceptional achievements in academics and personal development.
• Strong emphasis on reading and early phonics education.
• Diverse enrichment activities available for pupils.
• Effective leadership and management with strong professional development for staff.
• A well-structured curriculum that promotes understanding of British values.
• Pupils display excellent behaviour and attitudes.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements in place.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.6% of pupils at Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School received £7,246 and spent £6,711 for each of its 240 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £104,000 (£434 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,555 and spending £7,362 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School is part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 35 schools. The nearest others:

• The Becket School West Bridgford
• St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• St Mary's Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Nottingham
• The Sacred Heart Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy Nottingham
• Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Nottingham

What is Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2022.

When was Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in May 2022.

How many pupils does Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School have?

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School has 253 pupils on roll.

What age range does Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School cover?

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School?

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School is at Listowel Crescent, Clifton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 9BH.