Rise Park Primary and Nursery School

Rise Park Primary and Nursery School demonstrates strong performance across various key areas, including achievement, attendance, and the support of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school has established a positive culture of safeguarding, ensuring that all pupils feel safe and valued. Leaders effectively communicate the school's inclusive vision, engaging parents and the community in their children's education. Most pupils reach expected standards in reading, writing, and mathematics, including disadvantaged pupils who perform comparably to their peers. However, there is a need for continued focus on solidifying foundational knowledge and further deepening pupils' understanding of different religions.

Strengths

• Pupils make steady progress in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• High expectations for attendance and behaviour have led to above-average attendance.
• Leaders' proactive support for families prepares children well for school.
• Curriculum improvements and effective training have enhanced teachers' delivery.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND ensures they flourish.
• Engaging extra-curricular activities are well utilized by pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Further opportunities are needed for pupils to use foundational knowledge fluently.
• Pupils' knowledge of key beliefs in different religions needs improvement.
• Some children in early years do not consistently benefit from planned activities.

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 Rise Park Primary and Nursery School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Rise Park 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 Rise Park Primary and Nursery School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% 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, 12.4% of pupils at Rise Park Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 Rise Park Primary and Nursery School received £6,879 and spent £6,911 for each of its 444 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £187,000 (£420 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 Rise Park Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rise Park Primary and Nursery School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Rise Park Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rise Park Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Rise Park Primary and Nursery School have?

Rise Park Primary and Nursery School has 458 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rise Park Primary and Nursery School cover?

Rise Park Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rise Park Primary and Nursery School?

Rise Park Primary and Nursery School is at Bestwood Park Drive West, Rise Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5EL.