Hodthorpe Primary School

Hodthorpe Primary School has been assessed as good overall in this first formal inspection since becoming an academy. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to education, with positive relationships among students reflecting a family-like atmosphere. Pupils behave well and are supported effectively, especially those with special educational needs. The curriculum has strengths, particularly in reading and history, where students show impressive recall. Overall, leaders are ambitious, and the school is well-regarded by parents and the community.

Strengths

• Positive relationships create a supportive school environment.
• Strong focus on reading with an effective phonics programme.
• Well-structured personal development curriculum.
• High expectations set by staff for pupil behaviour and achievement.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Engaging lessons delivered by teachers in a carefully sequenced manner.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum clarity is lacking in some subjects, affecting pupil recall.
• Leadership development in some subjects is at an early stage.
• Early years curriculum does not clearly outline expected learning outcomes.

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 Hodthorpe Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Hodthorpe 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 Hodthorpe Primary School had 13.6 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, 16.2% of pupils at Hodthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Hodthorpe Primary School received £7,471 and spent £8,106 for each of its 92 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £96,000 (-£1,039 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Learners' Trust, income was £8,896 and spending £8,606 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 Worksop · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Hodthorpe Primary School is part of Learners' Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Whaley Thorns Primary School Mansfield
• Model Village Primary School Mansfield
• Eckington Junior School Sheffield
• Brimington Manor Infant and Nursery School Chesterfield
• New Whittington Community Primary School Chesterfield
• Brimington Junior School Chesterfield
• Ridgeway Primary School Sheffield
• Mary Swanwick Primary School Chesterfield
• Catcliffe Primary School Rotherham
• Ashgate Croft School Chesterfield

What is Hodthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Hodthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hodthorpe Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Hodthorpe Primary School have?

Hodthorpe Primary School has 99 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hodthorpe Primary School cover?

Hodthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hodthorpe Primary School?

Hodthorpe Primary School is at Queen's Road, Hodthorpe, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 4UT.