Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottingham·NG2 4QB
Composite score
61.1
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#3,632
National rank
#251
In East Midlands
#12
In Nottingham
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
39 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
1.22
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
67
any preference, for 32 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.31
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4020221.3020231.0720241.5320251.222026

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

Nottingham does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
250
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
38.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,870
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School

Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 250 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 76% 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 fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 32 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.8%. There are about 20.2 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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