John T Rice Infant and Nursery School

John T Rice Infant and Nursery School continues to maintain its status as a good school, based on the recent ungraded inspection. The pupils are very happy, engaged, and well-supported, with clear expectations set for their behavior and learning. The staff are dedicated and provide a caring environment that promotes both academic and personal development. The school's broad and ambitious curriculum, along with a strong focus on reading and emotional well-being, create a positive learning atmosphere. Despite these strengths, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that pupils retain knowledge across subjects and that assessment practices are more effective in gauging understanding.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive and are happy to attend school.
• Children in Nursery and Reception settle quickly and adapt well.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Ambitious and broad curriculum that engages pupils.
• High priority on reading with effective phonics instruction.
• Positive attitudes towards mathematics lessons.
• Strong personal development curriculum promoting well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils struggle to recall learned content in detail.
• Teachers' assessment of understanding needs improvement.

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 John T Rice Infant and Nursery School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 0.5% of pupils at John T Rice Infant 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 John T Rice Infant and Nursery School had 22.3 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, 14.4% of pupils at John T Rice Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 John T Rice Infant and Nursery School received £7,782 and spent £7,561 for each of its 174 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £109,000 (£629 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 John T Rice Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for John T Rice Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was John T Rice Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

John T Rice Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does John T Rice Infant and Nursery School have?

John T Rice Infant and Nursery School has 188 pupils on roll.

What age range does John T Rice Infant and Nursery School cover?

John T Rice Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is John T Rice Infant and Nursery School?

John T Rice Infant and Nursery School is at Braemar Road, Forest Town, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 0LL.