Carrington Primary and Nursery School

Carrington Primary and Nursery School has demonstrated a strong overall performance, maintaining a 'Good' rating in all areas assessed during the inspection. The school is characterized by its inclusive environment, where pupils of diverse backgrounds learn together and celebrate their differences. The recent improvements in the curriculum, particularly in early reading and mathematics, have led to significant progress among pupils, and the school is effectively fostering personal development along with strong behavioral expectations. However, the new curriculum is still in its early stages in a few subjects, leading to some gaps in content knowledge among pupils that need addressing.

Strengths

• Inclusive environment with a celebration of diversity and British values.
• Strong behavioral expectations and pupil conduct.
• Engaging and broad curriculum that includes contributions from the community.
• Effective teaching of early reading with a systematic phonics approach.
• Comprehensive support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas lack clarity on expected learning outcomes.
• Gaps in pupils' knowledge remain in a small number of foundation subjects.
• Leadership capacity impacted by long-term staffing absences.

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 Carrington Primary and Nursery School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Carrington Primary and Nursery 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 Carrington Primary and Nursery School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 13.8% of pupils at Carrington Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 Carrington Primary and Nursery School received £6,939 and spent £6,903 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,000 (£10 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 Carrington Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Carrington Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Carrington Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Carrington Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Carrington Primary and Nursery School have?

Carrington Primary and Nursery School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Carrington Primary and Nursery School cover?

Carrington Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Carrington Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Carrington Primary and Nursery School?

Carrington Primary and Nursery School is at Jenner Street, Carrington, Jenner St, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 2BF.