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Voluntary aided school · Nottinghamshire

Lowdham CofE Primary School

  • 5–11Ages
  • 206Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 122806URN

Main Street, Lowdham, Nottingham, NG14 7BE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.7per place
2.2 above Nottinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire

94 applications for 20 places · 7th of 211 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
79%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 11 July 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
4.7applications per place, Reception
2.2 above Nottinghamshire median (2.5) 2.5 above England median (2.2)

94 applications · 20 places offered · 19 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 3.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  6. 2021 3.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  8. 2019 3.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  9. 2018 4.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  10. 2017 3.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 3.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 3.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  13. 2014 3.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Nottinghamshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202620944.7190.95
Sep 2025301023.4361.20
Sep 202424783.3220.92
Sep 202322833.8221.00
Sep 2022301013.4321.07
Sep 2021301053.5331.10
Sep 2020301123.7351.17
Sep 201929983.4260.90
Sep 201821864.1211.00
Sep 201718683.8181.00
Sep 2016301163.9361.20
Sep 201523813.5220.96
Sep 201430973.2341.13

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%21st of 223 in Nottinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard86%
Higher standard45%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth21%
Maths
Expected standard83%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2579%14%109106
2023/2454%8%104104
2022/2363%7%106105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
122806 · 891/3566
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
210 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals
5.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Main Street, Lowdham, Nottingham, NG14 7BE
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Newark and Sherwood

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources