Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 3 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 6 July 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry33 applications · 19 places offered · 19 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2025 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2024 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2023 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2022 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2020 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2019 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2018 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2017 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2016 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2015 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2014 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 40 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 51 | 1.7 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 28 | 38 | 1.4 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2019 | 33 | 50 | 1.5 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 34 | 45 | 1.3 | 30 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 38 | 51 | 1.3 | 36 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 28 | 49 | 1.8 | 27 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hallcroft Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place
- 1.0 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20242.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · NottinghamshireGood20221.9applications per place 21%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · NottinghamshireRequires significant improvement 20261.6applications per place 17%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · NottinghamshireGood20221.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · Nottinghamshire20263.3applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Nottinghamshire20262.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20222.9applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20222.5applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 122556 · 891/2346
- Capacity
- 135 pupils · 90 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Whitaker Close, Retford, DN22 7QH
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Bassetlaw
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources