Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Nottinghamshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry64 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 4.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2025 3.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2024 3.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 3.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2020 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Forest Town Primary School (URN 130255), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 * | 24 | 83 | 3.5 | 22 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 * | 26 | 92 | 3.5 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 29 | 81 | 2.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 34 | 71 | 2.1 | 29 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 * | 39 | 82 | 2.1 | 28 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2019 * | 37 | 82 | 2.2 | 34 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 49 | 95 | 1.9 | 40 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2017 * | 49 | 87 | 1.8 | 37 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 92 | 1.5 | 50 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 49 | 87 | 1.8 | 30 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2014 * | 45 | 84 | 1.9 | 41 | 0.91 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Forest Town Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20224.6applications per place
- 0.3 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20233.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20233.4applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · NottinghamshireImproved significantly20253.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Nottinghamshire20262.0applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20223.0applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · NottinghamshireGood20231.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · NottinghamshireGood20222.3applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Nottinghamshire20264.1applications per place 87%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151507 · 891/2937
- Trust
- Nova Education Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 263 on roll
- Free school meals
- 37.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2025
- Replaced
- Forest Town Primary School (URN 130255)
- Address
- Forest Town Primary School, Clipstone Road West, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0ED
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Mansfield
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources