Horsendale Primary School

Horsendale Primary School is performing well overall, having maintained a good rating since its previous inspection. The school has a positive and nurturing environment where pupils exhibit high levels of engagement and exceptional behaviour. It provides a broad and ambitious curriculum, ensuring that most pupils achieve well, particularly in early reading, where teaching is delivered effectively. Additionally, pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well-supported, highlighting the school's commitment to inclusivity. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive, reflecting a strong community spirit and satisfaction with the education provided. However, some concerns were identified in the delivery of the curriculum, particularly the need for pupils to apply their learning more effectively in certain subjects. Addressing this will be key to ensuring that all pupils develop a deeper understanding of the content they are taught. As this is the school's first routine inspection since the pandemic began, it is noted that the school has adapted well to any challenges presented by this context.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate outstanding behaviour and attitudes.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well.
• High-quality opportunities for personal development and extra-curricular activities.
• Effective leadership and management support from the trust.
• Exceptional early years provision that prepares children well for key stage 1.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects lack opportunities for pupils to apply their knowledge.

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 Horsendale Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.0% 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 Horsendale 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 Horsendale Primary School had 25.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.6% of pupils at Horsendale Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% 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 Horsendale Primary School received £6,364 and spent £6,342 for each of its 202 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £253,000 (£1,253 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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Horsendale Primary School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Stanstead Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Hucknall Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Beeston Fields Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Hillside Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Ernehale Junior School Nottingham
• Ernehale Infant School Nottingham
• Porchester Junior School Nottingham
• Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Nottingham

What is Horsendale Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Horsendale Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Horsendale Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Horsendale Primary School have?

Horsendale Primary School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Horsendale Primary School cover?

Horsendale Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Horsendale Primary School?

Horsendale Primary School is at Assarts Road, Nuthall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 1AP.