Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School

Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils are happy, safe and excited to learn. Inspectors found high expectations, respectful behaviour and overwhelmingly positive parental views. Reading is a clear priority: children begin building early language and phonics skills in Nursery, pupils who fall behind are supported to catch up, and most read accurately and fluently by the end of key stage 1. Pupils with SEND are very well supported, personal development is broad, safeguarding is effective, and staff and governors are well supported and engaged. Most of the curriculum is well organised, particularly mathematics, but the school's work to pin down the essential knowledge pupils should learn and remember is not fully complete. In some subjects this leads to inconsistent recall, and assessment is not used consistently well to identify and close gaps. In the early years, staff do not always use what children already know and can do to shape activities, which creates inconsistency indoors and outside and limits how much some children learn. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and there has been a change of headteacher since the previous inspection. Under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade was issued, but the school is performing well overall and has clear, focused areas for further improvement.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive culture where pupils are happy, safe and excited to learn.
• High expectations and consistently respectful, courteous and well-mannered pupils.
• Strong reading and phonics provision, including early identification and catch-up support.
• Carefully sequenced mathematics curriculum with regular recall of prior knowledge.
• Very effective support for pupils with SEND, including quick identification and skilful adaptations.
• Comprehensive personal development programme covering friendships, safety and community involvement.
• Popular extra-curricular clubs that help pupils develop talents and interests.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements and a positive safeguarding culture.
• Staff feel well supported by leaders, and governors provide strong oversight.
• Early years provision helps children settle quickly and develop communication, social and physical skills.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge is not yet clearly specified, so pupils' recall is inconsistent.
• Assessment is not used consistently well across all subjects, so gaps in learning are not always identified and resolved quickly.
• Early years staff do not always use information about children's prior learning to shape activities, leading to inconsistent provision and missed learning opportunities.

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 Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School attended 95.9% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Toton Banks Road 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 Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.4% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School received £8,791 and spent £9,056 for each of its 142 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £92,000 (-£649 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 Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School have?

Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School has 153 pupils on roll.

What age range does Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School cover?

Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School?

Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School is at Banks Road Toton, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 6HE.