Racemeadow Primary Academy

Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Atherstone, Warwickshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

4.814 miles

Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Racemeadow Primary Academy is a primary school in Atherstone, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.

Racemeadow Primary 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	4.814 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 4.814 miles away, the 48th longest of 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.26 miles).
The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, and every applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
Of 6 schools (this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Warwickshire that have results), this school's 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result ranked 3rd highest.

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: Ratcliffe Road, Atherstone, CV9 1LT
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Warwickshire
Pupils on roll: 360 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 35.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.7

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are very happy in this school.”
“They have warm and friendly relationships with their teachers and learning is made interesting.”
“They know that staff listen to their opinions, value their ideas and deal with any forms of bullying effectively.”

To improve

“In a minority of foundation subjects, the curriculum is less well developed.”
“At times, pupils’ learning does not build in a logical order and assessment strategies do not focus on the essential learning that pupils need to know.”
“This means that pupils are unsure about how they can improve their learning in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 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)	71%	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: 43 first-preference applications, 46 offers in total, 42 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.

Outwoods Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Benedict's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Woodside CofE Primary School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Michael Drayton Junior School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade
Nursery Hill Primary School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
Nathaniel Newton Infant School 2.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Anne's Catholic Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Galley Common Infant School 3.6 mi Good Last distance published