The Nethersole CofE Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Tamworth, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.785 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Nethersole CofE Academy is a primary school in Tamworth, Warwickshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
The Nethersole CofE 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 | 4.785 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 4.785 miles, the 49th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.26 miles.
- For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 5 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Warwickshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- High Street, Polesworth, Tamworth, B78 1DZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and say they belong.”
- “This is because they feel safe and looked after.”
- “Generally, pupils achieve well and this continues to be a focus for the school.”
To improve
- “Leaders have prioritised improving how well pupils are learning to address the historic weaknesses in the teaching of the curriculum.”
- “While this work is having a positive impact on many pupils, for some pupils the handwriting and letter formation needs to be more consistent.”
- “Some gaps do remain, for example with letter formation and handwriting.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 July 2026 (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) | 67% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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 Warwickshire.
- Birchwood Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dordon Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Warton Nethersole's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Woodside CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Austrey CofE Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newton Regis CofE Primary School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wood End Primary School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Racemeadow Primary Academy 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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