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Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy, Nottingham

Gordon Road, St Ann's, Nottingham NG3 2LG

10 reasons to choose Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

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Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Nottingham and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.

School fundamentals

Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 21 members of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.

Average class size

Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.

Exam results

Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy achieves attainment results that are around the national average. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 20% of schools.

The Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy curriculum

School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, and Forest School for all year groups.

Specialist teaching

Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.

Sport at Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Out of school hours care from 7.45am (school staff) to 5.30pm (external contractor).

Find another school near Our Lady & St Edward Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy

Independent Prep Schools

Hollygirt Junior School (0.9 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High Infant & Junior School (1.3 miles); Nottingham High Infant & Junior School (1.3 miles).

State Primary Schools

Haydn Primary School (1.5 miles); Abbey Road Primary School (2.6 miles); St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School, West Bridgford (2.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Hollygirt School (1.5 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST (1.7 miles); Nottingham High School (2 miles).

State Senior Schools

Bluecoat Academy (3.5 miles); The West Bridgford School (3.6 miles); Rushcliffe School (3.8 miles).

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