St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

Bassetlaw · DN22 6LD

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 92 pupils, 48.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Grove Street, Retford, DN22 6LD – View on map
Phone: 01777702043
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Anna Martin
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 8 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

92 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
% eligible for free school meals: 48.8%
Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (more mixed than the Bassetlaw average)
English as an additional language: 14% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 29.6% a year (Bassetlaw 13.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Nottinghamshire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Nottinghamshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 7.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 24.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 15.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card January 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
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

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 17% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 43 percentage points below the Bassetlaw average (60%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 43% against an expected 56%)
3-year average (expected standard): 43%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 50% · Writing 25% · Maths 25% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 33%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 100
Based on: 12 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolBassetlaw averageEngland↘ Falling Down 48 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 43 percentage points below the Bassetlaw average (60%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 44th of 45 junior and primary schools in the area

#43Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School21%
=44Mattersey Primary School17%
=44St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy17%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Whipman Woods Flying High Academy83%
#2Ranskill Primary School80%
=3Misson Primary School78%
=3Norbridge Academy78%
=5Kingston Park Academy76%
=5Ranby CofE Primary School76%
=5The St Augustine's Academy76%
=8Harworth Church of England Academy75%
=8Leverton Church of England Academy75%
#10Tuxford Primary Academy73%
#11Bracken Lane Primary Academy72%
#12St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School71%
=13Ramsden Primary School70%
=13St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy70%
=15Everton Primary School69%
=15Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School69%
=17Misterton Primary and Nursery School68%
=17Serlby Park Academy68%
#19Prospect Hill Junior School66%
=20St John's CofE Academy65%
=20St Peter's CofE Primary and Nursery School65%
=22Cuckney CofE Primary School63%
=22Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy63%
=24Gateford Park Primary School62%
=24Sparken Hill Academy62%
#26Thrumpton Primary Academy61%
#27Sir Edmund Hillary Academy60%
#28Clarborough Primary School59%
#29Ordsall Primary School58%
#30East Markham Primary School57%
#31The Primary School of St Mary and St Martin53%
#32Holy Family Catholic Primary School52%
#33Sturton CofE Primary School50%
#34North Wheatley Church of England Primary School47%
=35Redlands Primary and Nursery School43%
=35St Patrick's Catholic Primary School43%
#37Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School40%
=38Langold Dyscarr Community School38%
=38Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School38%
#40Rampton Primary School36%
#41Elkesley Primary and Nursery School30%
#42Beckingham Primary School29%
#43Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School21%
=44Mattersey Primary School17%
=44St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy17%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,376 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

5th of 45 primary schools in Bassetlaw for spending per pupil

#3Mattersey Primary School£10,450
#4Elkesley Primary and Nursery School£10,032
#5St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy£9,376
#6Leverton Church of England Academy£8,435
#7Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School£8,168

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Walkeringham Primary School£12,988
#2Rampton Primary School£10,877
#3Mattersey Primary School£10,450
#4Elkesley Primary and Nursery School£10,032
#5St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy£9,376
#6Leverton Church of England Academy£8,435
#7Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School£8,168
#8Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School£8,146
#9Beckingham Primary School£8,079
#10Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School£8,031
#11Misterton Primary and Nursery School£8,031
#12Misson Primary School£7,929
#13Whipman Woods Flying High Academy£7,624
#14North Wheatley Church of England Primary School£7,596
#15St Patrick's Catholic Primary School£7,595
#16Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School£7,505
#17Everton Primary School£7,414
#18Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School£7,288
#19Redlands Primary and Nursery School£7,228
#20Ranby CofE Primary School£7,227
#21Cuckney CofE Primary School£7,141
#22St Peter's CofE Primary and Nursery School£7,099
#23Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy£7,071
#24Tuxford Primary Academy£6,948
#25Holy Family Catholic Primary School£6,809
#26Kingston Park Academy£6,737
#27Sturton CofE Primary School£6,653
#28Ordsall Primary School£6,649
#29Thrumpton Primary Academy£6,629
#30Sir Edmund Hillary Academy£6,586
#31Sparken Hill Academy£6,515
#32St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,512
#33Gateford Park Primary School£6,507
#34Ranskill Primary School£6,449
#35Ramsden Primary School£6,435
#36The Primary School of St Mary and St Martin£6,382
#37The St Augustine's Academy£6,362
#38East Markham Primary School£6,336
#39Clarborough Primary School£6,300
#40Bracken Lane Primary Academy£6,049
#41St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School£6,037
#42Harworth Church of England Academy£5,938
#43Norbridge Academy£5,778
#44St John's CofE Academy£5,707
#45Langold Dyscarr Community School£5,619

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