Crabtree Farm Primary School

Crabtree Farm Primary School has made significant progress since its previous inspection, improving its overall effectiveness to good. The school offers a warm and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and valued. With a focus on high expectations, pupils are motivated to excel academically and socially. The curriculum has been thoughtfully developed to support all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ensuring they are well cared for and able to access the same opportunities as their peers. However, the school continues to grapple with high absenteeism rates, which impact some pupils' learning and achievement.

Strengths

• Pupils display pride in their school and are confident learners.
• The curriculum is broad, ambitious, and well sequenced.
• Strong emphasis on reading and systematic phonics teaching.
• Pupils with SEND receive appropriate support to thrive.
• The school environment fosters good behavior and community spirit.

Areas for Improvement

• High rates of pupil absence hinder learning opportunities.
• In some subjects, key learning objectives are not clearly communicated.

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 Crabtree Farm Primary School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.9% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Crabtree Farm 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 Crabtree Farm Primary School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.5% 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, 19.0% of pupils at Crabtree Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Crabtree Farm Primary School received £8,990 and spent £8,542 for each of its 342 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £27,000 (-£78 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 Crabtree Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crabtree Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Crabtree Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crabtree Farm Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Crabtree Farm Primary School have?

Crabtree Farm Primary School has 358 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crabtree Farm Primary School cover?

Crabtree Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Crabtree Farm Primary School?

Crabtree Farm Primary School is at Steadfold Close, Crabtree Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 8AX.