Primary school

St Charles' Catholic Voluntary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 4–11
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Derbyshire
  • SK13 1PJ
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,066 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 21%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 92%92%2016/17: top 49%2017/18: top 80%2018/19: top 52%2022/23: top 47%2023/24: top 72%2024/25: top 21%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM76% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM8% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score106 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score107 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 25 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 29% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 64% · 28 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 53% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 67% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 63% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 53% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 76% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 63%76%29%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 31 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 7% · 28 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 6% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 7% · 30 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 6% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 6% · 32 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 8% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 6%8%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 99 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 104 · 28 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 104 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 107 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 105 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 10510799No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 28 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 30 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 102 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 104 · 32 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 107 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 104107101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
16 of 16 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1616
2nd120
3rd100

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Goodas predecessor
  3. 2014Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026168
Free school meals (past 6 years)23.8%
First language not English1.2%
SEN support17.9%
EHC plan1.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.4%
Persistently absent pupils7.8%

Girls 35.7%Boys 64.3%

75.7% full · 222 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.6
Pupils per adult10.5
  • Classroom teachers 8.1
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 6
  • Other support 2.5

Teachers 10.1 FTE · Whole workforce 18.6 · 28 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,220
Spend per pupil£7,054
Staff spend per pupil£5,506
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£28,000in-year balance

Grants £6,964 · self-generated £256 · premises £256 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ST RALPH SHERWIN CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (25 academies) · trust reserve −£9,199,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it