St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Mansfield, Nottinghamshire·NG19 6AA
Composite score
41.2
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#10,501
National rank
#914
In East Midlands
#174
In Nottinghamshire
Top 71%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
58%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
112
any preference, for 59 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.1320231.0020240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy 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
468
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
53.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,565
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 468 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 11.0 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 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 59 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy 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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