Anthony Bek Community Primary School

Anthony Bek Community Primary School is performing strongly overall. Inspectors found strong standards in achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, and leadership and governance. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve very well from their starting points, especially in reading, writing and mathematics. Attendance has improved, behaviour is calm and respectful, and safeguarding standards are met. The school serves a community with well-above-average free school meals eligibility and above-average deprivation, and its inclusive ethos is a notable strength. Personal development and wellbeing is judged at expected standard rather than strong. Pupils benefit from a coherent programme, wider opportunities, responsibilities and effective pastoral support, but their knowledge of some aspects, especially different faiths and religions, is less secure. The report's main next step is to ensure this part of the curriculum is planned coherently and implemented consistently so pupils develop secure, progressive understanding to match the quality of the school's wider personal development provision. Overall, the school is a highly inclusive and effective community school. The only clear area for improvement is the coherence and consistency of faith and religion education within personal development; all other inspected areas are strong, and pupils are well prepared for the next stage of their education.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve very well across the curriculum from their starting points.
• Pupils build strong foundations in early reading through structured phonics and targeted support.
• Pupils' work shows clear progression, with improving accuracy and confidence over time.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND achieve well and overcome barriers to learning.
• Attendance has improved over time due to clear monitoring systems and effective work with families.
• Pupils behave well, follow routines consistently, and say bullying is rare.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and prioritises reading, writing and mathematics.
• Teaching is effective, with clear explanations, skilful questioning and consistent assessment.
• Early years provision is high quality and supports communication, language and wellbeing.
• The school has an embedded inclusive ethos with early identification and effective support for additional needs.
• Leaders have a clear vision and support staff development, workload and wellbeing.
• Governance provides appropriate challenge and support, and statutory duties are met.
• Personal development includes clubs, visits, pupil responsibilities and effective pastoral care.
• Pupils feel safe, valued and included, with warm and respectful relationships.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' knowledge of some aspects of personal development, such as different faiths and religions, is less secure.
• Pupils are less confident in explaining their understanding of different faiths and religions in depth.
• The curriculum for different faiths and religions is not planned coherently or implemented consistently enough.
• Personal development and wellbeing is at expected standard rather than the strong standard seen in other areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Anthony Bek Community Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Anthony Bek Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Anthony Bek Community Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.4% of pupils at Anthony Bek Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Anthony Bek Community Primary School received £8,484 and spent £8,247 for each of its 224 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £331,000 (£1,478 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Anthony Bek Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Anthony Bek Community Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Anthony Bek Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Anthony Bek Community Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Anthony Bek Community Primary School have?

Anthony Bek Community Primary School has 234 pupils on roll.

What age range does Anthony Bek Community Primary School cover?

Anthony Bek Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Anthony Bek Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Anthony Bek Community Primary School?

Anthony Bek Community Primary School is at Rotherham Road, Pleasley, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7PG.