St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy, Swadlincote

In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils at St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Leicestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 68% in reading and 63% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 33 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy are Measham Church of England Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); Oakthorpe Primary School (1 mile, Good, 75% reading, 88% maths); Donisthorpe Primary School (1.6 miles, 81% reading, 73% maths); and Snarestone Church of England School (1.7 miles, 88% reading, 81% maths).

St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy is one of 23 schools run by St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

12.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 26 pupils (19.1%) received SEN support and 4 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peggs Close (adjacent), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 38 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58).

In 2024/25, St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy issued 8 suspensions, 6.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.