Highbank Primary and Nursery School

Highbank Primary and Nursery School continues to demonstrate a good level of performance overall. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils are happy and feel safe. They enjoy school, showing kindness to one another, and their engagement in learning is evident. The curriculum is well-organised and relevant, supporting pupils' learning from early years through to key stage 2, where good progress in reading, writing, and mathematics is noted, especially in Year 6. Although Year 2 pupils showed lower reading attainment, leaders are addressing this with a new phonics programme to improve outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy and remember their learning.
• Teachers are well-trained and deliver effective learning activities.
• Pupils with SEND are fully included and well-supported.
• Strong emphasis on pupil safety and well-being.
• Leaders provide enriching opportunities that promote important values.

Areas for Improvement

• Year 2 pupils' reading attainment is below national averages.
• Some leaders do not thoroughly evaluate the impact of their strategies.

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 Highbank Primary and Nursery School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.9% 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, 3.4% of pupils at Highbank 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 Highbank Primary and Nursery School had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Highbank Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 2024–25 Highbank Primary and Nursery School received £7,921 and spent £7,646 for each of its 254 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £251,000 (£988 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Transform Trust, income was £7,034 and spending £7,060 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 Nottingham · Nottingham local authority: places and applications

Highbank Primary and Nursery School is part of Transform Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitegate Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School Nottingham
• William Booth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School Nottingham
• Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School Nottingham
• Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Parkdale Primary School Nottingham
• Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Burford Primary and Nursery School Nottingham

What is Highbank Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Highbank Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Highbank Primary and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Highbank Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Highbank Primary and Nursery School have?

Highbank Primary and Nursery School has 250 pupils on roll.

What age range does Highbank Primary and Nursery School cover?

Highbank Primary and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Highbank Primary and Nursery School?

Highbank Primary and Nursery School is at Winscombe Mount, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 9FP.