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Claremont Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Nottingham · NG5 1BH

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 December 2022

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At a glance

382 pupils · 83% of 460 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
55% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.claremontnottingham.co.uk
URN
122702

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 38 families named it first for 44 Reception places, 0.86 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 38 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
60%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school60%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Nottingham average62.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Whitehall SchoolUxbridge · 103 miles awayGood65%
Eaton Valley Primary SchoolWest Bromwich · 46 miles awayGood54%
Drapers' Maylands Primary SchoolRomford · 111 miles awayExpected standard77%
Thorpe Hall Primary SchoolLondon · 107 miles awayGood80%
Thorpe Primary AcademyPeterborough · 46 miles awayGood63%
Garfield Primary SchoolWimbledon · 115 miles awayNo current grade74%
Frenchwood Community Primary SchoolPreston · 83 miles awayNeeds attention39%
Riddlesden St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolKeighley · 69 miles awayGood (2016)64%
Kings Hedges Primary SchoolCambridge · 74 miles awayGood (2019)79%
St James Church SchoolTaunton · 158 miles awayGood49%
De Havilland Primary SchoolHatfield · 93 miles awayGood61%
Boothferry Primary SchoolGoole · 52 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 16% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 15% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Any other White background 12% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 10% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Black African 9% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 7% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 6% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Nottingham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

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)
8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
27.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.24 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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% 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)

65.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.3 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 £49,812; 13.8% 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£8,180
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £124,095; in-year balance +£60,782

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier29.1%62.3%
Social housing5.7%17.1%
Privately rented65.1%20.5%
Detached houses9.5%22.9%
Flats57.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms21.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van42.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013843 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£192,000587 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£144,000–£260,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (49)£350,000
Semi-detached (164)£239,500
Terraced (267)£177,000
Flat (107)£133,000

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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
19an 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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