Southglade Primary and Nursery School

Community school·Primary school Nottingham·NG5 5NE
Composite score
55.6
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#5,288
National rank
#406
In East Midlands
#18
In Nottingham
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
33 first choices, 33 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 33 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0220220.9820230.9520240.9720251.002026

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

Every child who put Southglade 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
447
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,835
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Southglade Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 447 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 15.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 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). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Southglade Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 33 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 17.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% 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. Southglade Primary and Nursery 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.

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