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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 23 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 4 March 2014Graded inspection: Good · as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, URN 122813
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry50 applications · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2025 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2024 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2023 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2022 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2021 2.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2020 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2019 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2018 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2017 3.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2016 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2015 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 122813), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 62 | 2.7 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 45 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 44 | 1.7 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 53 | 2.1 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 78 | 2.6 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 40 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2019 | 19 | 45 | 2.4 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 24 | 52 | 2.2 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 | 29 | 51 | 1.8 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 24 | 61 | 2.5 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 30 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 70% | 13% | 109 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 0% | 105 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 10% | 104 | 104 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Nottinghamshire20261.7applications per place
- 1.1 km · NottinghamshireRequires significant improvement 20261.6applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · NottinghamshireGood20221.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · NottinghamshireGood20221.9applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Nottinghamshire20263.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Nottinghamshire20262.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · NottinghamshireGood20222.9applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142158 · 891/3710
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 224 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2015
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 122813)
- Address
- Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7BP
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Bassetlaw
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources