The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.684 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.684 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.684 miles away, the 31st shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 50% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Raglan Street, Hill Top, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3GT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this school.”
- “Most pupils think that everyone is kind.”
- “They say this makes it easier to make new friends.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, it is not clear, precisely, what should be taught.”
- “This means that it is difficult for pupils to build up secure knowledge in these subjects over time.”
- “However, at times, staff do not check carefully enough that pupils have understood key information.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 50% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- The Florence Nightingale Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Springbank Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Gilthill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollywell Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Awsworth Primary and Nursery School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brinsley Primary and Nursery School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
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