SchoolFacts.uk

Normanton-On-Soar Primary School

Primary · Loughborough · LE12 5HB

Data updated

⇄ Compare with another school
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: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 13 December 2022

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

54 pupils · 65% of 83 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.normantononsoarprimary.co.uk/
URN
151159

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 2 families named it first for 2 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 13 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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.

How safe is a place here? Check your postcode

One free check a month, no account needed. No cutoff distance applied in 2026, so there is no boundary for your address to be inside of. The check shows how far you live from the school and how many rounds running it has placed every applicant. Premium adds unlimited checks, the nearby schools that do ration places by distance and whether you are inside them, and the address check across every school at once.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Nottinghamshire 75%, England 60%) · Any other White background 11% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 2% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 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)
5.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
14.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,717; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.3%62.3%
Social housing5.2%17.1%
Privately rented14.5%20.5%
Detached houses70.2%22.9%
Flats2.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms51.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028410 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£540,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£387,500–£610,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (36)£550,000
Semi-detached (7)£364,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest 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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

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

Nearby schools