Model Village Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Mansfield, Derbyshire·NG20 8BQ
Composite score
34.4
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#12,465
National rank
#1158
In East Midlands
#208
In Derbyshire
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
92%
25 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
63
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9620231.0020241.0020250.832026

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

Derbyshire 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 Model Village 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
246
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,134
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Model Village Primary School is a primary school serving Mansfield, Derbyshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 246 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 53% 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 fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 92% of the families who made Model Village Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 49% 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. Model Village 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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