Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School

School overview

Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 279 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Inadequate' in December 2025. 20% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well 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 99 in reading and 97 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 7.4%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 46% 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. If you are considering Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.