William Booth Primary and Nursery School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottingham·NG2 4QF
Composite score
39.8
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#10,961
National rank
#983
In East Midlands
#56
In Nottingham
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 06/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
42
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.39
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.1020230.9620241.3020250.912026

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

Every child who put William Booth 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
239
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
49.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,826
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

William Booth Primary and Nursery School at a glance

Located in Nottingham, William Booth Primary and Nursery School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 239 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 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 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). William Booth Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 24.4 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. William Booth 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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