Greythorn Primary School

Greythorn Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school's environment is ambitious and inclusive, encouraging pupils to strive for their best. The leadership demonstrates high expectations across the curriculum, especially for disadvantaged pupils, and the school emphasizes character education and teamwork. Pupils exhibit positive behavior and are engaged in their learning, contributing to a supportive school culture. As part of the Flying High Trust, Greythorn benefits from collaborative governance and a commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for all students. Despite its strengths, the school acknowledges areas for improvement, particularly in the consistency of assessments in foundation subjects. While the strong foundations in early years education and effective phonics instruction are assets to the curriculum, there is a recognized need for refining assessment strategies to ensure all pupils are achieving the intended depth of knowledge in all subjects. Overall, the school is on a solid path toward further improvement.

Strengths

• Ambitious and inclusive school environment
• Pupils show high levels of engagement and positive attitudes
• Effective early reading and phonics instruction
• Strong outcomes in reading with a focus on diverse literature
• Well-structured mathematics curriculum emphasizing reasoning and problem-solving
• Support for pupils with special educational needs is highly effective
• Strong commitment to character education and leadership opportunities for pupils
• Staff well-being and professional development are prioritized

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in depth of pupils' knowledge in some foundation subjects due to assessment processes

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 Greythorn Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.0% 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 Greythorn Primary 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 Greythorn Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.8% 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, 9.9% of pupils at Greythorn Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 2024–25 Greythorn Primary School received £6,431 and spent £6,706 for each of its 305 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £159,000 (£521 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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Greythorn Primary School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Edwalton Primary School Nottingham
• Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Beeston Fields Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Porchester Junior School Nottingham
• Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Nottingham
• Haddon Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Cotgrave Candleby Lane School Nottingham
• Rivendell Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Stanhope Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Ernehale Infant School Nottingham

What is Greythorn Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greythorn Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Greythorn Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greythorn Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Greythorn Primary School have?

Greythorn Primary School has 313 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greythorn Primary School cover?

Greythorn Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Greythorn Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greythorn Primary School?

Greythorn Primary School is at Greythorn Drive, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7GH.