Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School

Community school·Infant school Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire·NG17 3FQ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

27 first choices, 27 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 27 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11

00.511.5

1 per place

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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 13/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Needs attention

Leadership and governance

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Needs attention

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 198
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

49.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

16.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

19.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,046

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Skegby Junior Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · 0.3 mi 38.4 St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 0.7 mi 59.0 Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.0 mi 13.0 St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.2 mi 30.6 Forest Glade Primary School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.3 mi 75.6 Priestsic Primary and Nursery School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.3 mi 30.8 Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.4 mi 33.8 Woodland View Primary and Nursery School Sutton-in-Ashfield · 1.5 mi 27.3

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School is a primary school serving Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 198 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in January 2026.

Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.