Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG15 8HY
Composite score
54.3
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#5,691
National rank
#436
In East Midlands
#97
In Nottinghamshire
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
138
any preference, for 40 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8920230.9420240.9720250.972026

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

Every child who put Beardall Fields Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
433
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,497
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 433 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.

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