Awsworth Primary and Nursery School

Awsworth Primary and Nursery School, part of the East Midlands Education Trust, demonstrates a good overall effectiveness with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and personal development, which are rated outstanding. This is the school’s first inspection since becoming an academy in 2018, and it has shown a commitment to creating an ambitious curriculum that prioritizes reading, mathematics, and science. However, the school faces challenges with curriculum consistency and the execution of the newly implemented early reading approach, which could impact pupils' confidence in reading unfamiliar words.

Strengths

• Impeccable pupil behaviour and politeness
• Strong emphasis on personal development and inclusivity
• Ambitious curriculum design across key subjects
• Effective use of assessment to track pupils' progress
• Wide variety of extracurricular activities promoting character development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the teaching of early reading
• Some curriculum knowledge and skills not well identified in certain subjects
• Leadership checks on curriculum delivery are not consistently carried out

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 Awsworth Primary and Nursery School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Awsworth 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 Awsworth Primary and Nursery School had 31.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.5% 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, 14.5% of pupils at Awsworth Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.4% 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 Awsworth Primary and Nursery School received £6,255 and spent £6,422 for each of its 273 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £288,000 (£1,053 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of East Midlands Education Trust, income was £7,496 and spending £7,400 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

Awsworth Primary and Nursery School is part of East Midlands Education Trust, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

• Gilthill Primary School Nottingham
• Hollywell Primary School Nottingham
• Kimberley Primary School Nottingham
• The Kimberley School Nottingham
• Larkfields Infant School Nottingham
• Mornington Primary School Nottingham
• The Ripley Academy Ripley
• John Flamsteed Community School Ripley
• Street Lane Primary School Ripley
• The West Bridgford School Nottingham

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Awsworth Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

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

Awsworth Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Awsworth Primary and Nursery School have?

Awsworth Primary and Nursery School has 262 pupils on roll.

What age range does Awsworth Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Awsworth Primary and Nursery School?

Awsworth Primary and Nursery School is at The Lane, Awsworth, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 2QS.