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St Francis Catholic Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 209 pupils Bedworth
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St Francis Catholic Academy is an academy converter in Bedworth for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 209 pupils on roll. In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Teacher turnover is high, with about 39% of its teachers gone within a year (in 2024/25; nationally, 16%).

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Rye Piece Ringway
Bedworth
Warwickshire
CV12 8JN
Phone 02476315279
Reference Number 141817

General Makeup

Number of pupils 209
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.59%
Girls: 46.41%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 19.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 12 18 30
2 16 14 30
3 19 12 31
4 17 13 30
5 18 13 31
6 18 11 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 62.2%
White, Other 13.9%
African 10%
Indian 3.8%
Asian, Other 2.4%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
Chinese 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 20 Jun 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
20 Jun 2023 School inspection
27 Feb 2018 Short inspection
04 Mar 2015 Academy conversion letter
04 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as St Francis Catholic Primary School
23 Nov 2010 Full inspection:
10 Dec 2007 Full inspection:
28 Nov 2005 Full inspection:
08 Jun 2005 Inspection
05 Jul 2004 Full inspection

Ofsted Parent View

The latest published parent view scores are from 2018. Ofsted only publish scores if there have been more than 10 responses to the survey.

Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know Total Responses
1. My child is happy at this school 25 8 1 0 1 35
2. My child feels safe at this school 23 11 1 0 0 35
3. My child makes good progress at this school 23 11 1 0 0 35
4. My child is well looked after at this school 23 11 1 0 0 35
5. My child is taught well at this school 22 12 1 0 0 35
6. My child receives appropriate homework for their age 17 14 1 1 2 35
7. This school makes sure its pupils are well behaved 19 11 3 0 2 35
8. This school deals effectively with bullying 14 12 4 0 5 35
9. This school is well led and managed 19 10 5 0 1 35
10. This school responds well to any concerns I raise 19 8 6 1 1 35
11. I receive valuable information from the school about my child’s progress 17 13 5 0 0 35
12. Would you recommend this school to another parent? 32 3

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 72%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 106
Maths 105

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.9
Writing 0.4
Maths -2.6

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 0
Third Preference 18 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Francis Catholic Academy had 209 pupils for 210 places. 1 places (0.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Bedworth North East Primary” planning area

Warwickshire counted 215 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 234 in 2029–30, up 9%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210210210210210
Pupils 206206210209205209211211209209
Unfilled 1.9%1.9%0.0%0.5%2.4%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.5%

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 St Francis Catholic Academy attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.1%4.0%4.2%3.5%3.0%6.1%4.8%4.6%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.4%0.7%0.9%0.9%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.6%0.7%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%0.5%2.1%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 1.0% of pupils at St Francis Catholic Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.50.51.03.92.40.00.50.50.01.4
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

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 St Francis Catholic Academy had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 38.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.313.311.614.313.614.510.610.511.112.010.9
Teachers who left state teaching 22.0%0.0%20.0%0.0%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.4%31.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%33.3%54.5%40.0%–12.5%55.6%23.1%50.0%28.6%–
Sick days per teacher 4.82.58.91.6–0.54.413.61.22.1–

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, 15.3% of pupils at St Francis Catholic Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 8 3
Moderate learning difficulty 9 0
Social, emotional and mental health 7 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 2
Physical disability 2 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 2
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 St Francis Catholic Academy received £6,721 and spent £6,680 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£427 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,227 and spending £7,273 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £227,000£199,000£280,000£328,000£339,000£418,000£89,000
per pupil £1,107£959£1,335£1,665£1,615£1,988£427
In-year balance -£2,000-£22,000£14,000£104,000£6,000£74,000£9,000
per pupil -£11-£106£68£528£28£352£41

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.

Name Distance
Race Leys Infant School
Hurst Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 8AD
0.23 miles
Race Leys Junior School
Barton Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 8HG
0.33 miles
St Michael's Church of England Academy
Hazel Grove, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9DA
0.42 miles
All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy
The Priors, Off Mitchell Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9HP
0.48 miles
The Canons C of E Primary School
Derwent Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 8RT
0.51 miles
Exhall Cedars Infant School
Exhall Cedars Infant School, Trenance Road, Exhall, Bedworth, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9FJ
1.01 miles
Exhall Junior School
Hayes Lane, Exhall, Warwickshire, West Midlands, CV7 9NS
1.25 miles
Bedworth Heath Nursery School
Glebe Avenue, Bedworth, CV12 0DP
1.31 miles
Goodyers End Primary School
Bowling Green Lane, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 0HP
1.39 miles
Arden Forest Infant School
Weston Lane, Bulkington, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9RT
1.55 miles
Chetwynd Junior School
Gipsy Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4SE
1.71 miles
Newdigate Primary and Nursery School
Anderton Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 0HA
1.79 miles
All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton
Knebley Crescent, Hilltop, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7AT
1.81 miles
Whitestone Infant School
Magyar Crescent, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4SQ
1.9 miles
St James' CofE Academy
Barbridge Road, Bulkington, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9PF
1.91 miles
Oak Wood Primary School
Morris Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4QH
1.92 miles
Middlemarch School
College Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7BQ
1.97 miles
Wembrook Primary School
Avenue Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4LU
2.18 miles
Grangehurst Primary School
Anderton Road, Longford, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 6JN
2.24 miles
Glendale Infant School
Skye Close, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7LW
2.27 miles
Name Distance
Nicholas Chamberlaine School
Bulkington Road, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9EA
0.5 miles
Ashcroft School
54 Hayes Lane, Exhall, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 9BP
1.17 miles
George Eliot Academy
Raveloe Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4QP
1.84 miles
Oak Wood Secondary School
Morris Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4QH
1.92 miles
Foxford Community School
Grange Road, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6BB
2.06 miles
Ash Green School
Ash Green Lane, Ash Green, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9AH
2.17 miles
The Warwickshire Academy
Wheelwright Lane, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9RA
2.34 miles
Exhall Grange Specialist School
Easter Way, Ash Green, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 9HP
2.4 miles
St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College
Greenmoor Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7EX
2.42 miles
ALP Nuneaton
Holman Way, Nuneaton, CV11 4PN
2.42 miles
Nuneaton Academy
Radnor Drive, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 7PD
2.61 miles
King Edward VI College
King Edward Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 4BE
2.74 miles
OneSchool Global UK
Prologis Park, Coventry, CV7 8PE
2.84 miles
Discovery Academy
Vernons Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5SS
2.99 miles
Etone College
Leicester Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6AA
3.03 miles
President Kennedy School Academy
Rookery Lane, Coventry, West Midlands, CV6 4GL
3.11 miles
Grace Academy Coventry
Wigston Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2RH
3.26 miles
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
Potters Green Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2AJ
3.3 miles
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College
Hinckley Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6BH
3.39 miles
Lake Haven School
Lake Haven, Bazzard Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 6QJ
3.51 miles

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How many pupils does St Francis Catholic Academy have?

St Francis Catholic Academy has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Francis Catholic Academy cover?

St Francis Catholic Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Francis Catholic Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Francis Catholic Academy?

St Francis Catholic Academy is at Rye Piece Ringway, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 8JN.

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