Greenfields Community School

Greenfields Community School is performing well overall, receiving a 'good' rating in its recent inspection after seven years since its last assessment. The school showcases notable strengths in personal development, leadership, management, and early years provision, which are all rated outstanding. The inspectors highlighted the school’s supportive environment and commendable achievements in promoting pupils' talents and interests, including outdoor learning and musical opportunities. Despite these strengths, the school has faced challenges with attendance, noting that some pupils do not attend as regularly as needed, although recent initiatives are beginning to improve this aspect.

Strengths

• Strong emphasis on personal development and positive mental health.
• Effective teaching of English and mathematics.
• High levels of pupil engagement and motivation in lessons.
• Inclusion of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Well-developed outdoor spaces for learning.
• Encouragement of reading with inviting reading areas and daily storytimes.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school as regularly as they should.
• Subject leaders are not fully confident in monitoring effective curriculum delivery.

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 Greenfields Community School attended 93.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.2% 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 Greenfields Community 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 Greenfields Community School had 28.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 17.9% of pupils at Greenfields Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.3% 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 Greenfields Community School received £7,960 and spent £8,181 for each of its 229 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£248 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 Greenfields Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenfields Community School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Greenfields Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenfields Community School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Greenfields Community School have?

Greenfields Community School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenfields Community School cover?

Greenfields Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Greenfields Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenfields Community School?

Greenfields Community School is at ORANGE GARDENS, THE MEADOWS, NOTTINGHAM, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NG2 2JE.