Melbury Primary School

Melbury Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school. The school is praised for fostering a caring environment where pupils feel safe, happy, and engaged in their learning. Parents appreciate the school's community-centric approach and the variety of enrichment activities that support personal development. While the core subjects like English and mathematics are taught effectively, there are noted inconsistencies within some foundation subjects that require attention. This is the school's first ungraded inspection since being designated as good in March 2019, indicating stability in its performance.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well and meet high expectations of behavior.
• The school is inclusive and ambitious for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Positive personal development is nurtured through the school's values.
• Teaching in English and mathematics is effective and well-structured.
• A range of enrichment opportunities enhances pupils' learning experiences.
• Staff are well-supported and benefit from training opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subject curriculums do not identify key knowledge sufficiently.
• Inconsistent implementation of foundation subject curriculums affects learning.
• Assessment information is not always used effectively to inform future learning.

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 Melbury Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Melbury 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 Melbury Primary School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Melbury Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Melbury Primary School received £7,659 and spent £7,819 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £264,000 (£1,220 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 Melbury Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Melbury Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Melbury Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Melbury Primary School have?

Melbury Primary School has 223 pupils on roll.

What age range does Melbury Primary School cover?

Melbury Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Melbury Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Melbury Primary School?

Melbury Primary School is at Melbury Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 4AU.