St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

BassetlawConstituency

DN22 6LDPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 92 pupils. St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy is part of Diocese Of Southwell And Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 17 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Early years
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 36%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 99
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

84%

Black

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 92
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Diocese Of Southwell And Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Oct 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
20 Apr 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.