Abbey Gates Primary School

Community school·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG15 9BN
Composite score
78.3
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#866
National rank
#52
In East Midlands
#9
In Nottinghamshire
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
90%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.0020231.2820241.2320251.002026

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

Every child who put Abbey Gates Primary 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
242
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
5.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,309
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Abbey Gates Primary School is a primary school serving Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 242 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Abbey Gates Primary School 'Good'. 90% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 14.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Abbey Gates Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. 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.

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