Flintham Primary School

Flintham Primary School is performing at a good level across several areas including education quality, behavior, and leadership. The school, which has not been inspected under the current framework previously, has made commendable strides in creating a strong and harmonious learning environment. Pupils express pride in their school experiences, benefitting from an ambitious curriculum that is well sequenced to support learning progression. Staff and leaders are committed to inclusive education, ensuring that all students, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are supported in their learning journeys.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate pride in their school and enjoy learning.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced.
• Teachers connect new learning to prior knowledge effectively.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and understanding of equality.
• High levels of staff morale and effective communication with leadership.
• Safe and supportive environment for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not teach reading with the precision expected.
• Monitoring of SEND provision is not systematic or effective.

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 Flintham Primary School attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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 Flintham 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 Flintham Primary School had 14.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.9% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Flintham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Flintham Primary School received £8,825 and spent £9,075 for each of its 80 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £168,000 (-£2,109 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 Newark · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

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

• Orston Primary School Nottingham
• Robert Miles Junior School Nottingham
• Burton Joyce Primary School Nottingham
• Cropwell Bishop Primary School Nottingham
• Willow Farm Primary School Nottingham
• Netherfield Primary School Nottingham
• Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Kinoulton Primary School Nottingham
• Abbey Road Primary School Nottingham
• Tollerton Primary School Nottingham

What is Flintham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Flintham Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Flintham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Flintham Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Flintham Primary School have?

Flintham Primary School has 56 pupils on roll.

What age range does Flintham Primary School cover?

Flintham Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Flintham Primary School?

Flintham Primary School is at Inholms Road, Flintham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG23 5LF.