Heymann Primary and Nursery School

Heymann Primary and Nursery School is a welcoming and inclusive school within The Equals Trust, where pupils are known exceptionally well and relationships are built on kindness and respect. Inspectors found pupils enthusiastic, resilient and high-achieving by Year 6, with exemplary behaviour contributing to a calm and purposeful learning environment. This was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and no overall effectiveness grade was awarded under the current graded inspection framework. The curriculum is ambitious, broad and logically sequenced, and staff have secure subject knowledge. Teachers check prior learning effectively and address misconceptions quickly, while pupils with SEND are identified well and supported expertly. Reading is a clear priority, with targeted support for pupils who struggle and well-considered interventions for pupils with English as an additional language. Personal development and early years provision are particularly strong, offering pupils a wide range of clubs, leadership roles and opportunities to learn about British values, diversity, charity and well-being. Trust and governor support is effective, staff are positive about working at the school, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is monitoring. Leaders do not consistently bring together the evidence gathered through monitoring activities to identify the most important curriculum improvements. In a small number of wider-curriculum subjects, pupils’ written work does not match the high quality seen in English, and leaders have not yet identified this precisely enough. Overall, this is a strong school with a clear, focused improvement point.

Strengths

• Welcoming, inclusive culture where every pupil is known exceptionally well
• Strong relationships built on kindness and respect, described as a family
• Peer mentors support the well-being of younger pupils
• Pupils are enthusiastic, hard-working and resilient learners
• Pupils achieve highly by the time they leave Year 6
• Exemplary behaviour creates a calm and purposeful learning environment
• Ambitious, broad and logically sequenced curriculum from early years to Year 6
• Staff have secure subject knowledge and routinely check prior learning
• Misconceptions and gaps in learning are addressed quickly
• Clear systems identify pupils with SEND, who receive expert support and thrive
• Reading is prioritised, with effective phonics and targeted interventions
• Pupils with English as an additional language receive well-considered reading support
• Exceptional personal development offer includes clubs, leadership roles and charity work
• Pupils learn about British values, diversity and physical and mental health
• Trust and governors provide effective support and challenge
• Staff universally agree the school is a great place to work
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Monitoring activities are not fully effective in identifying key areas for curriculum improvement
• Leaders do not consistently co-ordinate monitoring evidence to inform improvement actions
• In a small number of wider-curriculum subjects, pupils’ written work does not match the high quality seen in English

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 Heymann Primary and Nursery School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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 Heymann 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 Heymann Primary and Nursery School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% 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, 8.6% of pupils at Heymann Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Heymann Primary and Nursery School received £6,127 and spent £6,328 for each of its 668 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£83 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Equals Trust, income was £5,585 and spending £5,744 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 · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Heymann Primary and Nursery School is part of Equals Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Abbey Road Primary School Nottingham
• Tollerton Primary School Nottingham
• Crossdale Primary School Nottingham
• Round Hill Primary School Nottingham
• Keyworth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Netherfield Primary School Nottingham
• Willow Farm Primary School Nottingham
• Wadsworth Fields Primary School Nottingham
• Brookside Primary School Loughborough
• Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School Nottingham

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Heymann Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

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

Heymann Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Heymann Primary and Nursery School have?

Heymann Primary and Nursery School has 662 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heymann Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heymann Primary and Nursery School?

Heymann Primary and Nursery School is at Waddington Drive, Wilford Hill, West Bridgford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7GX.