Bagthorpe Primary School

Bagthorpe Primary School is a good school across all inspected areas, including early years, and safeguarding is effective. The school has a positive culture with an ambitious curriculum, strong reading and phonics provision, good support for pupils with SEND, and respectful, kind pupils who behave well. Pupils benefit from real-world learning contexts, enrichment trips and a clear set of values that support their personal development. Leaders are focused on continual improvement and are well supported through effective partnerships, with staff wellbeing and workload considered carefully. Recent curriculum changes have strengthened the school's offer, and pupils with SEND achieve well. This was the first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the school remains graded good, although no overall effectiveness grade is given under current arrangements. There are two main areas for improvement. In a few subjects, curriculum implementation is not yet fully embedded and key knowledge is not made explicit enough, meaning some pupils, including pupils with SEND, do not remember essential knowledge. In early years, outdoor provision is too limited in resources and activities, so children do not access the full breadth of meaningful learning across the seven areas of learning.

Strengths

• Ambitious curriculum strengthened by recent changes and real-world learning contexts
• Strong phonics and reading provision from the start of early years
• High-quality texts that enrich learning and support independent reading
• Pupils with SEND achieve well and receive appropriate support
• Positive behaviour and respectful, kind relationships among pupils
• Strong personal development through values, pupil roles and community contribution
• Effective leadership focused on continual improvement
• Staff wellbeing and workload are considered carefully during changes
• Governors have clear oversight supported by external partnerships
• Well-organised early years indoor environment with clear routines and high expectations
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, curriculum implementation is not embedded and key knowledge is not explicit enough
• Some pupils, including pupils with SEND, do not remember essential knowledge in those subjects
• Early years outdoor provision offers a limited range of resources and activities
• Children do not access the full breadth of meaningful learning across the seven areas of learning outdoors
• Children are not making as much progress as they could because of the limited outdoor provision

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 Bagthorpe Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Bagthorpe 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 Bagthorpe Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.7% 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, 8.6% of pupils at Bagthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Bagthorpe Primary School received £7,170 and spent £7,388 for each of its 162 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £32,000 (-£195 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 Bagthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bagthorpe Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Bagthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bagthorpe Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Bagthorpe Primary School have?

Bagthorpe Primary School has 162 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bagthorpe Primary School cover?

Bagthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bagthorpe Primary School?

Bagthorpe Primary School is at School Road, Bagthorpe, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 5HB.