Mellers Primary School

Mellers Primary School is a good educational institution where pupils thrive in a supportive and caring environment. The school has established a strong community in which children feel safe, respected, and encouraged to learn. Parents express high satisfaction with the school's communication and inclusivity, describing it as a family-oriented place that respects diverse backgrounds. The curriculum is ambitious, and significant emphasis is placed on personal development, ensuring that pupils develop not only academically but also socially and emotionally.

Strengths

• High standards for pupils set by leaders
• Supportive and inclusive community
• Strong focus on mathematics education
• Effective phonics teaching with early years emphasis
• Well-planned and ambitious curriculum
• Pupils display positive behaviors and attitudes
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in phonics teaching leading to uneven reading progress
• Some pupils struggle to recall key curriculum content across different subjects

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 Mellers Primary School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.8% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Mellers 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 Mellers Primary School had 27.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.2% 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, 9.8% of pupils at Mellers Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 Mellers Primary School received £8,398 and spent £8,315 for each of its 432 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£132 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 Mellers Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mellers Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Mellers Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mellers Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Mellers Primary School have?

Mellers Primary School has 450 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mellers Primary School cover?

Mellers Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mellers Primary School?

Mellers Primary School is at Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 3HJ.