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Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy

Primary · ages 3-11MixedAcademyRoman CatholicNurseryRugbyWarwickshire
School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.
Reached the expected level at 1176%England 63%
Attendance94.7%England 94.8%

Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy is a converter academy in Rugby for boys and girls aged 3 to 11.

Leamington Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PU01926 632385ourladysrc.warwickshire.sch.ukMrs Catherine Burch headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2026: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

17 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way. These are the results of Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe, the school this one replaced.

Reached the expected level at 1176%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level12%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score109.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score107.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 73%73%20172018: 69%69%20182019: 68%68%20192023: 50%50%20232024: 65%65%20242025: 76%76%2025
Since 2017: +3%
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure2025†2024†2023†2019†2018†2017†WarwickshireEngland
Pupils tested171714191615
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths76%65%50%68%69%73%62%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths12%6%0%11%19%7%7%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0108.0103.0104.0107.0107.0106.0105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0108.0102.0104.0105.0104.0104.5104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score107.0109.0101.0105.0106.0107.0105.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard82%88%64%74%81%80%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard88%76%71%79%75%87%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)82%76%64%79%100%93%
Reading progressReading progress score-3.3+0.4+1.7+0.7
Maths progressMaths progress score-3.7+0.4-0.3-1.3

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

† These results are for Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Warwickshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll
Places119
Pupils from low-income families18%18% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
White British pupils77%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance94.7%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school20.4%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Missed without permission0.9%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/25†2023/24†2022/23†2021/22†2020/21†2018/19†England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.3%4.5%4.3%4.7%1.7%2.9%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence4.5%3.8%4.0%4.3%1.6%2.6%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.9%0.7%0.3%0.5%0.1%0.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence20.4%5.6%7.3%12.5%3.0%4.7%12.8%

† These attendance figures are for Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe, the school this one replaced in September 2026. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.

Money

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£7,450England £7,738. Total £782k
Income per pupil£7,500England £7,697. Total £787k
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,291England £3,480
Money in reserve4%Not much put by: £29k, £273 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out+£5,240it took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£7,450spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m2212 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate50 per 1,000 people45% lower than the England average
Typical house price£300,000Rugby
Nearest bus stop240 mThree Horseshoes, 5 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Knightlow CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England1.4 miles214No overall grade 202460Compare
Ryton-On-Dunsmore Provost Williams Church of England AcademyAcademy2.3 miles102Not inspected16Compare
Wolston St Margaret's CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England3.0 miles207Good 202350Compare
Cubbington CofE Primary SchoolChurch of England3.8 miles207Good 202478Compare
Binley Woods Primary SchoolCouncil3.9 miles182Good 202339Compare
Long Itchington CofE AcademyAcademy3.9 miles179Requires improvement 20245Compare
Willenhall Community Primary SchoolCouncil4.0 miles452Requires improvement 20243Compare
Leamington Hastings Church of England AcademyAcademy4.1 miles34Good 202319Compare

Questions parents ask

Is Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy yet.

How good are Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 76% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 12% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.

How many pupils does Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy have?

The number of pupils is not published.

What is attendance like at Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy?

Pupils were in school 94.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 20% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Leamington Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PU
Telephone
01926 632385
Website
www.ourladysrc.warwickshire.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Catherine Burch
Type of school
Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Birmingham
Multi-academy trust
St Raphael the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust (29 schools)
Local authority
Warwickshire
Ward
Dunsmore
Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam
Setting
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1 September 2026 (academy converter)
URN
152662 · LAESTAB 9373561 · UKPRN 10101649
Formerly
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe

Where these figures come from