John Clifford Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG9 2AT
Composite score
36.4
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#11,996
National rank
#1098
In East Midlands
#194
In Nottinghamshire
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 35 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
116
any preference, for 35 places
Applications from another council area
7%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.0020231.0020241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put John Clifford 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
387
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
3.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,656
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About John Clifford Primary School

John Clifford Primary School is a primary school in Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 387 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 47% 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%). Performance is little changed 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 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made John Clifford Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. John Clifford 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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