Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is a caring, inclusive school where pupils feel safe, happy and part of a school family. The inspection found strong personal development and wellbeing, with pupils benefiting from a well-planned programme that raises aspirations, builds character and prepares them well for life in modern Britain. Pupils behave well, attendance is good, and disadvantaged pupils achieve above national averages at the expected standard, particularly in reading and mathematics. Safeguarding standards are met, and staff, parents and governors are positive about leadership. However, the school is not yet performing consistently well across the curriculum. Achievement, attendance and behaviour, inclusion, and leadership and governance are at the expected standard, but curriculum and teaching and early years require attention. In wider curriculum subjects, pupils do not routinely revisit learning, address misconceptions or develop writing and communication skills securely, so gaps can remain. Recent curriculum improvements are still a work in progress in some subjects. Early years is a particular concern: the curriculum does not precisely sequence key knowledge, children have too few opportunities to develop early reading and letter formation, and staff do not consistently extend vocabulary and thinking. As a result, some children are not as well prepared for key stage 1 as they could be. Leaders have identified these issues and sought external advice, but impact is not yet evident. The school is larger than average, located in an area of well below average deprivation, and has lower than average proportions of pupils with EHC plans and SEN support.

Strengths

• Personal development and wellbeing are at the forefront of leaders' decisions.
• Pupils benefit from a highly effective personal development programme that raises aspirations.
• Pupils take part in broadening horizons week and residential visits from Year 2 upwards.
• Pupils show an astute understanding of protected characteristics and fundamental British values.
• Pupils are exceptionally well prepared for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils achieve well in reading and mathematics, including above national averages at the expected standard.
• Disadvantaged pupils perform better than their peers nationally at the expected standard.
• Many pupils achieve the higher standard in mathematics at above national averages.
• Pupils with SEND make progress from their starting points and receive precise, individualised support where needed.
• Attendance is good, with overall absence and persistent absence below national averages.
• Pupils behave well, bullying is not tolerated, and older pupils act as positive role models.
• The school has an inclusive culture and uses pupil premium and service pupil premium funding effectively.
• Staff feel valued, well supported and positive about leadership and workload.
• Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school and the caring nature of staff.
• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils do not routinely revisit learning in wider curriculum subjects, so misconceptions and gaps can remain.
• Feedback does not consistently help pupils deepen learning or address errors quickly.
• Pupils do not consistently develop writing and communication skills across subjects.
• Curriculum improvements in some wider subjects remain a work in progress.
• Early years curriculum does not precisely identify and sequence the key knowledge children will learn.
• Children in early years have insufficient opportunities to develop early reading and letter formation skills.
• Staff do not consistently build children's vocabulary or extend their thinking in early years.
• Some children are not as well prepared for key stage 1 as they could be.
• Leaders need to strengthen monitoring precision to identify strengths and weaknesses of the wider curriculum.
• Leaders need to ensure curriculum changes are implemented in a timely and effective way.

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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Beardall Fields 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School had 24.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.2% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School received £6,817 and spent £6,824 for each of its 423 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £213,000 (£504 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is Needs attention, from an inspection in February 2026.

When was Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in February 2026.

How many pupils does Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School have?

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School has 433 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School cover?

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School?

Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is at Kenbrook Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8HY.