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Rise Park Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Nottingham · NG5 5EL

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 11 May 2026

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At a glance

458 pupils · 109% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
26.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.riseparkprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
122474

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 48 families named it first for 50 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 10 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

50 places offered · 48 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

61 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Nottingham average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Ormiston Cliff Park Primary AcademyGreat Yarmouth · 125 miles awayGood72%
Moor Green Primary AcademyBirmingham · 50 miles awayOutstanding70%
Whitehill Primary SchoolGravesend · 127 miles awayRequires improvement42%
King's Academy College Park (Junior)Portsmouth · 151 miles awayGood52%
Bonneygrove Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 102 miles awayGood60%
Goodrich Community Primary SchoolLondon · 117 miles awayGood59%
Putnoe Primary SchoolBedford · 67 miles awayGood57%
Harris Primary Academy KenleyKenley · 125 miles awayOutstanding72%
Westlands Community Primary SchoolChelmsford · 112 miles awayGood77%
Waltham Holy Cross Primary AcademyWaltham Abbey · 104 miles awayGood73%
Willowdown Primary SchoolBridgwater · 150 miles awayExpected standard66%
Barming Primary SchoolMaidstone · 139 miles awayGood48%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Black African 8% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 6% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other White background 4% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.66 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottingham: 2.95 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

55.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,686; 10.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,911
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £186,516; in-year balance -£14,014

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86.4%62.3%
Social housing5.5%17.1%
Privately rented8.1%20.5%
Detached houses88.7%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms16.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van12.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013887 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£205,000313 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£168,000–£265,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (125)£270,000
Semi-detached (70)£192,000
Terraced (99)£170,000
Flat (19)£97,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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