Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire·DE15 0JE
Composite score
47.7
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#8,101
National rank
#840
In West Midlands
#140
In Staffordshire
Top 55%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
100%
20 first choices, 21 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
38
any preference, for 21 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0020230.9120241.0020250.952026

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

Every child who put Holy Rosary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
185
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
45.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,503
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school serving Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 185 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 20 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Holy Rosary 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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