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Academy sponsor led · Nottinghamshire

Sunnyside Spencer Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 205Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140613URN

Great Hoggett Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 4HQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.5 above Nottinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire

67 applications for 22 places · 61st of 211 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
80%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 5 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 5 November 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 13 July 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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
3.1applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Nottinghamshire median (2.5) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

67 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 4.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  8. 2019 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  9. 2018 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  10. 2017 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  11. 2016 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  13. 2014 0.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Sunnyside Primary and Nursery School (URN 122542), the previous school.

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 202622673.1221.00
Sep 202528622.2281.00
Sep 202427491.8260.96
Sep 20238384.870.88
Sep 202215493.3151.00
Sep 202115352.3140.93
Sep 202025481.9230.92
Sep 201920452.3201.00
Sep 201820482.4190.95
Sep 201718321.8181.00
Sep 201619382.0170.89
Sep 201530321.1130.43
Sep 2014 *23160.7120.52

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 80% · Maths 88% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%15th of 223 in Nottinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard92%
Higher standard12%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard80%
Greater depth24%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2580%8%106108
2023/2475%7%106107
2022/2382%4%106107

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140613 · 891/2017
Trust
The Spencer Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
210 pupils · 205 on roll
Free school meals
48.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 May 2014
Replaced
Sunnyside Primary and Nursery School (URN 122542)
Address
Great Hoggett Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 4HQ
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Broxtowe

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