English Martyrs Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rugby, Warwickshire·CV21 4EE
Composite score
54.0
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#5,803
National rank
#566
In West Midlands
#54
In Warwickshire
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
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
92%
13 first choices, 18 places
First choices per place
0.72
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
62
any preference, for 18 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.7620230.7020240.8920250.722026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for English Martyrs Catholic Primary School yet. Warwickshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
190
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
35.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£5,916
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About English Martyrs Catholic Primary School

English Martyrs Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Rugby, Warwickshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 190 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 67% 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 67.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 92% of the families who made English Martyrs Catholic 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 4.2%. English Martyrs 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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