Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School

Academy converter·Primary school Nottinghamshire·NG5 7AX
Composite score
34.8
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#12,396
National rank
#1153
In East Midlands
#202
In Nottinghamshire
Top 84%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
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%
41 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
108
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
11%

Every child who put Arnold Mill 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
339
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil
£1,711
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 339 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 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 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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