Queen Eleanor Primary School

Primary · Newark · NG23 7EQ

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: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

66 pupils · 82% of 80 capacity

School type: Community school
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 19.7% of pupils
English as additional language: 0% of pupils
SEN support: 12.3% of pupils
EHC plan: 0% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.queeneleanor.notts.sch.uk
URN: 122645

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

4 places offered · 4 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

67%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

22%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

108

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

104

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

7.2%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

16%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

23.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,364

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

24 March 2026: Expected standard (report card inspection)
12 January 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
1 November 2016: Good (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.9 mi
Saxilby Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.9 mi
St Hugh's Catholic Primary, A Voluntary AcademyNot yet graded · Primary · 3.2 mi
North Scarle Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 3.3 mi
Fortuna SchoolOutstanding · Special / other · 3.3 mi
The St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Thorpe on the HillGood · Primary · 3.8 mi

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