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Sutton Road Primary School

Primary · Mansfield · NG18 5SF

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 12 March 2019

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At a glance

537 pupils · 87% of 620 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
36% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.suttonroad.org
URN
149710

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 45 Reception places, 0.98 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 12 March 2019 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

45 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

88 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
1%
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 peers62.5%
Nottinghamshire average63.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
St Bartholomew's CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLeeds · 48 miles awayGood53%
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, MiddletonManchester · 50 miles awayGood48%
Sneyd AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 41 miles awayGood56%
Whingate Primary SchoolLeeds · 48 miles awayGood50%
Allerton CofE Primary SchoolLeeds · 51 miles awayGood62%
Cowley Hill SchoolBorehamwood · 109 miles awayExpected standard75%
Wyndham Spencer AcademyDerby · 19 miles awayOutstanding63%
Napier Community Primary and Nursery AcademyGillingham · 143 miles awayGood84%
St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 73 miles awayGood60%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyLeeds · 48 miles awayGood72%
Newdale Primary School & NurseryTelford · 61 miles awayOutstanding78%
Robert Fitzroy AcademyCroydon · 130 miles awayGood64%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 52% (Nottinghamshire 75%, England 60%) · Any other White background 23% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Nottinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Nottinghamshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Nottinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Nottinghamshire 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.68 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottinghamshire: 1.57 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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)

97% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school

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)

40.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £49,652; 19.2% 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£6,917
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £735,000; in-year balance +£302,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

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 higher21.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work14.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier32.3%62.3%
Social housing10.9%17.1%
Privately rented56.5%20.5%
Detached houses6.4%22.9%
Flats35%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8%21.1%
Households with no car or van38.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028268 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£148,000343 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£106,000–£188,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (65)£256,000
Semi-detached (127)£160,000
Terraced (111)£110,000
Flat (40)£88,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
6an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
26an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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