St Francis Catholic Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Bedworth, Warwickshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.371 miles
Published by Warwickshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2017–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Francis Catholic Academy is a primary school in Bedworth, Warwickshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Warwickshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2017 to 2026 entry.
St Francis Catholic 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 | 0.371 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.371 miles away, the 6th shortest of the 176 Warwickshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Rye Piece Ringway, Bedworth, CV12 8JN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Warwickshire
- Pupils on roll
- 209 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Parents and pupils value its small size and family atmosphere.”
- “Pupils feel safe at the school because staff look after them well.”
- “Staff also encourage pupils to look after each other, and pupils endeavour to do so.”
To improve
- “However, leaders know that the use of assessment in a few subjects lacks sufficient precision.”
- “They are in the process of refining their approaches to ensure greater consistency in the use of assessment across all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 September 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) | 72% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 29 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.
- Race Leys Infant School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Race Leys Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Michael's Church of England Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Canons C of E Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Exhall Cedars Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Exhall Junior School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Goodyers End Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
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