Woodthorpe Infant School

Community school·Infant school Nottinghamshire·NG5 4JG

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Woodthorpe Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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%

56 first choices, 57 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

177

any preference, for 57 places

Applications from another council area

19%

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10

00.511.5

1 per place

1.2020221.1020230.9720241.0820250.982026

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

Every child who put Woodthorpe Infant 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

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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 177
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

3.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

6.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

25.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,172

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Arno Vale Junior School Nottingham · 0.0 mi 50.9 The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold Nottingham · 0.3 mi 62.1 Ernehale Junior School Nottingham · 0.5 mi 72.2 Arnold View Primary School Nottingham · 0.6 mi 60.6 Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School Nottingham · 0.7 mi 52.0 Robert Mellors Primary Academy Nottingham · 0.7 mi 57.3 Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham · 0.9 mi 34.8 Coppice Farm Primary School Nottingham · 1.0 mi 47.4

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

Woodthorpe Infant School at a glance

Located in Nottinghamshire, Woodthorpe Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 177 pupils aged 4 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Woodthorpe Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 57 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 25.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 3% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Woodthorpe Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.