St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Worksop, Nottinghamshire·S81 8PW
Composite score
57.8
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#4,601
National rank
#337
In East Midlands
#70
In Nottinghamshire
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
33 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 33 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5020220.9720230.9420240.9720251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Nottinghamshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
180
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
2.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,037
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School at a glance

Located in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 180 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 25.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 97% of the families who made St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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