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Stanhope Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Nottingham · NG4 4JD

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 14 June 2022

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At a glance

279 pupils · 63% of 440 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stanhopeprimary.co.uk/
URN
149824

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 14 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
75%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school75%
Median of its 12 closest peers68%
Nottinghamshire average63.2%
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
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary SchoolStansted · 93 miles awayGood75%
The Churchill SchoolFolkestone · 161 miles awayGood66%
SS Osmund and Andrew's R.C. Primary SchoolBolton · 67 miles awayGood57%
Woodford Halse Church of England Primary AcademyDaventry · 56 miles awayGood62%
Towngate Primary AcademyOssett · 52 miles awayGood (2019)49%
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary AcademyLydney · 105 miles awayExpected standard90%
Gobowen Primary SchoolOswestry · 81 miles awayGood92%
Middlethorpe Primary AcademyCleethorpes · 58 miles awayOutstanding (2017)91%
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary AcademyIlkeston · 9 miles awayGood70%
Staynor Hall Primary AcademySelby · 54 miles awayGood (2019)36%
Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolSlough · 106 miles awayGood60%
Arnold View Primary SchoolNottingham · 2 miles awayGood77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Nottinghamshire 75%, England 60%) · Black African 7% (Nottinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 4% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 3% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Nottinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.34 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
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector

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)

52.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 25.5 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 £48,220; 12.5% 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£6,891
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 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£70,000; in-year balance -£14,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.1%62.3%
Social housing3.6%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses74.7%22.9%
Flats5.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms23.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028204 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000478 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£200,000–£305,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (179)£309,000
Semi-detached (205)£240,000
Terraced (54)£173,000
Flat (40)£139,500

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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