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St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 92Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145447URN

Grove Street, Retford, DN22 6LD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.9 below Nottinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire

13 applications for 8 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
17%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 17 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
  2. 13 September 2022
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.9 below Nottinghamshire median (2.5) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

13 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 4.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  8. 2019 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as St Swithun's CofE Primary School (URN 122789), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20268131.681.00
Sep 20255204.040.80
Sep 202411222.0111.00
Sep 202311201.8111.00
Sep 20229242.780.89
Sep 202113231.8110.85
Sep 202011242.270.64
Sep 201911252.3111.00
Sep 2018 *9171.991.00
Sep 2017 *18271.5120.67
Sep 2016 *13342.6120.92
Sep 2015 *17301.8160.94
Sep 2014 *10191.9101.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 50% · Writing 25% · Maths 25% → all three 17% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard17%222nd of 223 in Nottinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard50%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard25%
Greater depth8%
Maths
Expected standard25%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2517%8%104100
2023/2436%0%99101
2022/2365%12%108107

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

  • 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
145447 · 891/3390
Trust
Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 92 on roll
Free school meals
48.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
St Swithun's CofE Primary School (URN 122789)
Address
Grove Street, Retford, DN22 6LD
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Bassetlaw

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources