Hillside Primary and Nursery School

Hillside Primary and Nursery School has been rated as 'Good' overall, demonstrating a strong commitment to providing an ambitious education and supportive environment for its pupils. The school emphasizes the importance of both academic and personal development, encouraging pupils to embody the 'Hillside Habits' of kindness, readiness, and wisdom. Pupils enjoy a well-structured curriculum and participate in a variety of extracurricular activities that foster a sense of community and belonging. The school leadership, supported by the Flying High Trust, has made notable progress in curriculum design and leadership development, ensuring high-quality instruction across subjects.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a clear vision for pupil development.
• Well-designed and ambitious curriculum from Nursery to Year 6.
• Effective teaching of phonics, resulting in confident readers by Year 2.
• Positive pupil behavior in lessons, indicating good engagement.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing student experience.
• Strong relationship with families and the community.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for the wider needs of pupils with SEND.
• Behavior management at playtimes and lunchtimes needs improvement.

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 Hillside Primary and Nursery School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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 Hillside 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 Hillside Primary and Nursery School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Hillside Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Hillside Primary and Nursery School received £6,325 and spent £6,442 for each of its 460 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £61,000 (£133 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,388 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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Hillside Primary and Nursery School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Hucknall Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Stanstead Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Horsendale Primary School Nottingham
• Killisick Junior School Nottingham
• Greenwood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Ernehale Junior School Nottingham
• Ernehale Infant School Nottingham
• Longwood Infant Academy Nottingham
• Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillside Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

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

Hillside Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Hillside Primary and Nursery School have?

Hillside Primary and Nursery School has 456 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillside Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillside Primary and Nursery School?

Hillside Primary and Nursery School is at Roberts Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6LW.