Claremont Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Nottingham·NG5 1BH
Composite score
47.2
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#8,306
National rank
#690
In East Midlands
#39
In Nottingham
Top 56%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
60%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
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%
38 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7620220.8920230.7620240.8820250.862026

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

Every child who put Claremont 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
413
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
55.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
26.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,273
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Claremont Primary and Nursery School

Claremont Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 413 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Claremont Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. 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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