St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy | School performance

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

17%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

11%

EAL · 2024/25

24%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

Ofsted inspection · 13/09/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNottinghamshire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio15.9:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy · Primary · Nottinghamshire

Part ofDIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

17%

-19pp

65%41%17%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

RWM higher standard

+8pp

12%6%0%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

50%

Reading higher standard

Writing expected standard

25%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

25%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

33%

SPAG expected standard

33%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

100.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

15.9

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

11%

FSM eligible

55%

SEN

17%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

24%

Contact

Address

Grove Street, Retford, DN22 6LD

Local authority

Nottinghamshire

Website

http://www.st-swithuns.notts.sch.uk

Telephone

01777702043

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	17%	8%	50%	8%	25%	8%	25%	8%	33%	33%	104.0	100.0	100.0	—	—	—	17%	90
2023/24	36%	0%	55%	9%	36%	0%	55%	0%	82%	55%	99.0	101.0	100.0	—	—	—	19%	107
2022/23	65%	12%	71%	47%	71%	12%	82%	53%	82%	82%	108.0	107.0	109.0	+2.00	+0.10	+2.40	18%	117
2018/19	38%	5%	48%	14%	57%	19%	57%	10%	57%	57%	100.0	101.0	101.0	-3.90	-2.80	-4.40	7%	117

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	90	16.3	17%	11%	55%	8%	24%
2023/24	107	18.5	19%	8%	55%	9%	31%
2022/23	117	19.8	18%	7%	58%	12%	43%
2021/22	119	15.9	16%	8%	57%	10%	41%
2020/21	110	16.8	13%	6%	47%	—	—
2018/19	117	18.1	7%	8%	33%	5%	14%