St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottingham·NG5 5RS
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1124
In East Midlands
#60
In Nottingham
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.9220231.0720241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
229
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
43.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,316
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School is a primary school serving Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 229 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 25 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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