Whitegate Primary and Nursery School

Whitegate Primary and Nursery School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all domains in its first inspection. The school offers a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils feel cared for and safe. The quality of education is strong, with skilled teachers delivering interesting lessons that engage students and allow them to develop a love for learning. Leaders have carefully structured the curriculum, ensuring that it flows seamlessly from the nursery through to Year 6, and they have effectively addressed learning gaps resulting from the pandemic. However, there is a need for close monitoring and support of the newly implemented mathematics curriculum to ensure its effectiveness.

Strengths

• Strong engagement and pride among pupils in their work
• Well-planned and organized curriculum from Nursery to Year 6
• Effective reading instruction leading to fluent readers
• Good personal development program promoting respect and safety
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils

Areas for Improvement

• New mathematics curriculum needs careful monitoring for effectiveness

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 Whitegate Primary and Nursery School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Whitegate 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 Whitegate Primary and Nursery School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.2% 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, 8.7% of pupils at Whitegate Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Whitegate Primary and Nursery School received £6,973 and spent £7,019 for each of its 433 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £525,000 (£1,213 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Transform Trust, income was £7,034 and spending £7,060 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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Whitegate Primary and Nursery School is part of Transform Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Highbank Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School Nottingham
• Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• William Booth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School Nottingham
• Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School Nottingham
• Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Parkdale Primary School Nottingham
• Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Burford Primary and Nursery School Nottingham

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Whitegate Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in November 2021.

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

Whitegate Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in November 2021.

How many pupils does Whitegate Primary and Nursery School have?

Whitegate Primary and Nursery School has 424 pupils on roll.

What age range does Whitegate Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

What are Whitegate 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 Whitegate Primary and Nursery School?

Whitegate Primary and Nursery School is at Middle Fell Way, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 9JQ.