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Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 258Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149209URN

Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.7 below Nottinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire

54 applications for 30 places · 178th of 211 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
20%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 9 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 December 2025
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Nottinghamshire median (2.5) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

54 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School (URN 137810), 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 202630541.8280.93
Sep 202519522.7191.00
Sep 202422482.2210.95
Sep 202318372.1170.94
Sep 2022 *38581.5360.95
Sep 2021 *22341.6190.86
Sep 2020 *54661.2450.83
Sep 2019 *48711.5390.81
Sep 2018 *57911.6550.96
Sep 2017 *54891.7460.85
Sep 2016 *601051.8520.87
Sep 2015 *59761.3500.85
Sep 2014 *53781.5510.96

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 44% · Writing 40% · Maths 38% → all three 20% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard20%221st of 223 in Nottinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard44%
Higher standard14%
Average scaled score 99 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard40%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard38%
Higher standard4%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2520%0%9997
2023/2424%0%9898
2022/23

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
149209 · 891/2045
Trust
Transform Trust
Capacity
420 pupils · 258 on roll
Free school meals
50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2022
Replaced
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School (URN 137810)
Address
Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HT
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Ashfield

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