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Forest Town Primary School

Primary · Mansfield · NG19 0ED

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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 4 October 2022

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At a glance

263 pupils · 63% of 420 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
37.3% of pupils
English as additional language
24.5% of pupils
SEN support
13.2% of pupils
EHC plan
1.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.foresttownprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
151507

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

14 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
28
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£4,941
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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