Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy
Riversley Park, Coton Road, Nuneaton, CV11 5TY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- THE HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY
- Headteacher
- Sara Chapman
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Birmingham
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 476
- Pupils on roll
- 572
- URN
- 141823
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476383807
About this school
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic primary academy in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 572 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 69 | 69 | 70 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 80% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 6% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 94% | 84% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 88% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 91% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +6.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +6.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 90% | 58.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 58.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 59.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 564 |
| 2023/24 | 557 |
| 2024/25 | 562 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy compares
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy ranked 24th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 4.3% | 15.5% | 572 | — |
| Chilvers Coton Community Infant School | — | 4.8% | 26.8% | 202 | 0.3 miles |
| Wembrook Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 39% | 681 | 0.3 miles |
| Middlemarch School | 29% | 7.3% | 38.1% | 156 | 0.5 miles |
| All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton | 41% | 7.9% | 51.4% | 231 | 0.7 miles |
| Queen's Church of England Academy | 50% | 4.9% | 31.9% | 356 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.51%
- English as an additional language
- 23.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 8.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chilvers Coton Community Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Wembrook Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
-
Middlemarch School0.5 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
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All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton0.7 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
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Queen's Church of England Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy ranks 4th of the 22 ranked primary schools in Nuneaton.
- Abbey CofE Infant School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Primary
- Barlestone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Camp Hill Primary School Primary
- Chetwynd Junior School Primary
- Chilvers Coton Community Infant School Primary
- Congerstone Primary School Primary
- Croft Junior School Primary
- Dove Bank Primary School Primary
- Galley Common Infant School Primary
- Glendale Infant School Primary
- Higham-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy teach?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy?
- The headteacher of Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy is Sara Chapman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy has 572 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy full?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy has capacity for 476 pupils and 572 on roll (120%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy a faith school?
- Yes. Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
- Does Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy as having nursery classes.
- Is Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy part of an academy trust?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy is part of THE HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY COMPANY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 90% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy compare with other schools in Warwickshire?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy ranked 24th of 162 primary schools in Warwickshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy's absence rate?
- Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady & St. Joseph Catholic Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 July 2026.