Mansfield Primary Academy

Mansfield Primary Academy is performing well overall with a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school fosters strong relationships within the community, ensuring that both pupils and parents feel supported and valued. The inclusive environment sees students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), achieving well. The curriculum is broad and engaging, with a strong emphasis on literacy and personal development, leading to positive experiences for pupils, such as exciting field trips and hands-on learning in areas like forest school. Despite these strengths, the school acknowledges areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that all subjects have clearly defined curriculum plans that articulate the knowledge and vocabulary pupils need to acquire. There are also concerns regarding the consistency of checking pupils’ understanding and addressing misconceptions, which can hinder some students' progress. Overall, the school is committed to continuous improvement and actively working on these challenges.

Strengths

• Strong community relationships
• High expectations for behaviour and effective support for those struggling
• Inclusive environment that aids SEND pupils' success
• Engaging curriculum with emphasis on reading and personal development
• Exciting extracurricular activities and field trips
• Committed and supportive staff

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum plans lack precision in some subjects
• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding
• Missed opportunities to address misconceptions

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 Mansfield Primary Academy attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.2% 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, 2.8% of pupils at Mansfield Primary Academy 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 Mansfield Primary Academy had 17.5 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, 22.6% of pupils at Mansfield Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.8% 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 2024–25 Mansfield Primary Academy received £8,786 and spent £8,220 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £450,000 (£2,134 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of Greenwood Academies Trust, income was £8,670 and spending £8,578 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Mansfield · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Mansfield Primary Academy is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• The Brunts Academy Mansfield
• The Bramble Academy Mansfield
• Skegby Junior Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• The Wells Academy Nottingham
• Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham
• Nottingham Academy Nottingham
• Nethergate Academy Nottingham
• Queensmead Primary Academy Leicester
• Studfall Infant Academy Corby
• Studfall Junior Academy Corby

What is Mansfield Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mansfield Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Mansfield Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Mansfield Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Mansfield Primary Academy have?

Mansfield Primary Academy has 226 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mansfield Primary Academy cover?

Mansfield Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mansfield Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mansfield Primary Academy?

Mansfield Primary Academy is at Newgate Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2LB.