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Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Nottingham · NG8 3PL

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 10 June 2026

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At a glance

422 pupils · 88% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
85.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.robertshaw.nottingham.sch.uk/
URN
144461

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 30 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.00 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 Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 30 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
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
Farnham AcademyBradford · 62 miles awayGood69%
Lady Margaret Primary SchoolSouthall · 105 miles awayExceptional80%
Highfields Primary SchoolLeicester · 23 miles awayGood65%
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great LeverBolton · 65 miles awayGood59%
Vicar's Green Primary SchoolWembley · 105 miles awayOutstanding65%
Parkfield Primary SchoolLondon · 104 miles awayNo current grade51%
Pendle Primary AcademyNelson · 73 miles awayExpected standard64%
Camrose Primary With NurseryEdgware · 101 miles awayGood61%
Hambrough Primary SchoolMiddlesex · 106 miles awayGood84%
Blair Peach Primary SchoolSouthall · 106 miles awayGood68%
Monega Primary SchoolLondon · 111 miles awayExceptional83%
North Primary SchoolSouthall · 106 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 50% (Nottingham 11%, England 5%) · Black African 8% (Nottingham 12%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 7% (Nottingham 5%, England 4%) · White British 7% (Nottingham 34%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Nottingham 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Nottingham 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Nottingham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Nottingham 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Nottingham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Nottingham 6%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Nottingham 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Nottingham 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
6.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.23 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
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 28.9 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 £52,353; 9.5% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,558
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £209,000; in-year balance +£217,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work17.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier40.6%62.3%
Social housing35.9%17.1%
Privately rented23.2%20.5%
Detached houses4.9%22.9%
Flats8.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van43.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013933 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£236,000390 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£175,000–£303,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (125)£330,000
Semi-detached (130)£241,000
Terraced (110)£175,500
Flat (25)£118,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
9an 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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