Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Hucknall, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.259 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy is a primary school in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Holy Cross Primary 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	1.259 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

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.259 miles away, the 80th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance offered was further than in 2025 and in 2020, and it has swung sharply between years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 37th highest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 64% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Leen Mills Lane, Nottinghamshire, Hucknall, NG15 8BZ
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 230 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 27

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 23 May 2023

Strengths

“Pupils say that they feel happy and safe at school.”
“They say it is easy to make friends.”
“Pupils understand the importance of being kind and respectful to everyone.”

To improve

“All that remains is to finish the finer details, in one or two areas.”
“More recently, leaders’ actions have not resulted in positive outcomes for pupils in reading.”
“In 2022, too many pupils in Year 1 and Year 2 did not meet the expected standard in the phonics screening check.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 July 2023 (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)	64%	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: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.

Leen Mills Primary School 0.0 mi Good Last distance published
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Linby Cum Papplewick CofE Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hillside Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Broomhill Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good
Holgate Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published