Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School

Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School continues to perform well as a good school, maintaining a supportive and engaging environment for its pupils. The school fosters a strong sense of community where students feel safe and enjoy attending. Leaders set high expectations for both academic and personal growth, with a notable emphasis on reading and personal development. Effective support systems for pupils, including those with SEND, contribute to their positive achievements and well-being. While the school excels in numerous areas, including strong behavior and a broad curriculum, there are some concerns regarding the consistency of assessment practices across certain subjects. This inconsistency affects how well teachers are able to gauge what pupils remember and understand, indicating a need for improvements in monitoring pupil knowledge to ensure all students are fully supported in their learning journey.

Strengths

• Strong sense of community and pupil well-being
• High expectations set by leaders and staff
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Pupils achieve well in reading
• Positive pupil behavior and anti-bullying initiatives
• Supportive staff focused on pupil development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in checking what pupils know and remember in some 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 Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior 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 Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School had 19.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.4% 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, 13.1% of pupils at Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior 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 Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School received £6,341 and spent £6,627 for each of its 314 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £130,000 (£415 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 Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School have?

Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School has 314 pupils on roll.

What age range does Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School cover?

Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School?

Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School is at Cropwell Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 2FS.