Heathfield Primary and Nursery School

Heathfield Primary and Nursery School is performing well overall, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all areas of inspection. The school's community spirit is evident, with a strong commitment to ensuring every child thrives in their education. Parents express high satisfaction, noting the school's efforts in supporting pupils' learning and enjoyment. The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced, particularly in early reading, which contributes to pupils developing a love for reading and enhancing their learning experiences. However, there are some areas requiring improvement, particularly concerning the support for pupils with special educational needs and their language development.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community across two school sites.
• High parental satisfaction and positive feedback.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum in early reading.
• Effective support for pupils' emotional and social development.
• Pupils engage in a variety of clubs linked to sports, arts, and music.

Areas for Improvement

• Development of pupils' language and vocabulary needs sharpening.
• Some systems for supporting pupils with SEND are not fully embedded.

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 Heathfield Primary and Nursery School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.9% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Heathfield 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 Heathfield Primary and Nursery School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Heathfield Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Heathfield Primary and Nursery School received £7,709 and spent £7,638 for each of its 686 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £442,000 (£645 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 Heathfield Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

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

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

Heathfield Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Heathfield Primary and Nursery School have?

Heathfield Primary and Nursery School has 704 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heathfield Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heathfield Primary and Nursery School?

Heathfield Primary and Nursery School is at Scotland Road, Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1JU.