Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottingham·NG6 8GQ
Composite score
35.8
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#12,189
National rank
#1124
In East Midlands
#60
In Nottingham
Top 82%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
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%
22 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.88
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 25 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9020231.0320241.0020250.882026

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

Every child who put Bulwell St Mary's 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
229
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,928
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School

Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 229 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 12.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 22.1 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. Bulwell St Mary's 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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