Jesse Gray Primary School

Jesse Gray Primary School is a larger-than-average primary school in West Bridgford with a lower-than-average proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals and pupils with SEND. This full section 5 inspection found safeguarding standards met and judged achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing all at the strong standard. Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum, including in phonics, early reading and mathematics, and leave Year 6 as confident, articulate learners. Attendance is exceptionally high, behaviour is exemplary, and pupils benefit from an ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum and highly effective, inclusive support. Leaders and governors are knowledgeable, outward-facing and focused on staff wellbeing.

Strengths

• High ambitions for all pupils are realised through strong achievement across the curriculum.
• Children in Reception make swift progress in phonics, early reading and mathematics.
• Year 6 pupils produce high-quality written work and explain their learning with clarity and insight.
• Disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND make consistent progress and achieve well.
• Attendance is high, supported by proactive monitoring and close work with families.
• Pupils’ behaviour and attitudes to learning are exemplary, and bullying is rare.
• An ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum builds knowledge securely over time.
• Teaching is inclusive, well adapted and supported by strong subject expertise.
• Inclusion is central, with early identification and effective support for barriers to learning.
• Leadership and governance are highly effective, evidence-informed and outward-facing.
• Staff benefit from a culture of trust, open communication and manageable workload.
• Personal development is broad, well-structured and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open and positive culture of safeguarding.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision is at the expected standard rather than the strong standard seen elsewhere in the school.
• Early years staff do not consistently maximise rich verbal interactions, so children do not always benefit from high-quality modelled language, extended vocabulary, purposeful questioning, sustained shared thinking and responsive dialogue.

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 Jesse Gray Primary School attended 97.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.3% 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 Jesse Gray 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 Jesse Gray Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.0% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Jesse Gray Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Jesse Gray Primary School received £6,511 and spent £6,628 for each of its 417 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £22,000 (-£53 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 Jesse Gray Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Jesse Gray Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Jesse Gray Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Jesse Gray Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Jesse Gray Primary School have?

Jesse Gray Primary School has 417 pupils on roll.

What age range does Jesse Gray Primary School cover?

Jesse Gray Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Jesse Gray Primary School?

Jesse Gray Primary School is at Musters Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7DD.