Gateford Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school Worksop, Nottinghamshire·S81 7RG
Composite score
52.0
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#6,536
National rank
#503
In East Midlands
#108
In Nottinghamshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
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%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
114
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320221.1020231.0020240.9220251.002026

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

Every child who put Gateford Park 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
234
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,507
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Gateford Park Primary School is a primary school serving Worksop, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 234 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% 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 1.0 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 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Gateford Park Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 25.6 pupils per teacher. Gateford Park Primary 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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