Crossdale Primary School

Crossdale Primary School has been rated as 'Good' overall during its first inspection, highlighting a strong performance across most areas, particularly in personal development, which is considered outstanding. The school offers a rich educational experience with a varied curriculum, which includes outdoor learning and numerous trips that aid in engagement and understanding. Pupils demonstrate a positive attitude towards their learning and exhibit pride in their achievements. However, there are some areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that phonics instruction is systematic and that mathematics learning is sufficiently challenging for all pupils.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy rich learning experiences through various activities.
• The ambitious curriculum prepares pupils well for future learning stages.
• Personal development of pupils is outstanding.
• Teachers provide good support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and feel safe at school.
• Parents appreciate the wide range of opportunities available to pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics teaching is not consistently systematic.
• Mathematics instruction does not consistently challenge all pupils.

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 Crossdale Primary School attended 97.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 2.3% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Crossdale 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 Crossdale Primary School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.5% 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, 4.6% of pupils at Crossdale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Crossdale Primary School received £6,482 and spent £6,587 for each of its 190 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £5,000 (-£24 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

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

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

• Keyworth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Tollerton Primary School Nottingham
• Heymann Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Abbey Road Primary School Nottingham
• Kinoulton Primary School Nottingham
• Brookside Primary School Loughborough
• Cropwell Bishop Primary School Nottingham
• Netherfield Primary School Nottingham
• Round Hill Primary School Nottingham
• Willow Farm Primary School Nottingham

What is Crossdale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crossdale Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Crossdale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Crossdale Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Crossdale Primary School have?

Crossdale Primary School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crossdale Primary School cover?

Crossdale Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

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

Where is Crossdale Primary School?

Crossdale Primary School is at Crossdale Drive, Keyworth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG12 5HP.