Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School

Primary Ages 3-11 216 pupils Nottingham
Ofsted: Good
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Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is an academy converter in Nottingham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 216 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School. In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Keepers Close
Bestwood Village
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG6 8XE
Phone 01159271544
Reference Number 148675

General Makeup

Number of pupils 216
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 55.56%
Girls: 44.44%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 19.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 9.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 16 27
2 20 9 29
3 13 15 28
4 14 12 26
5 14 13 27
6 12 12 24

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 69%
White & Black (Caribbean) 5.6%
White, Other 4.6%
Indian 4.6%
Mixed, Other 4.2%
African 3.2%
White & Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2.3%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Pakistani 1.4%
Caribbean 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School, inspected in January 2019.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 04 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Mar 2025 School inspection
08 Feb 2022 Academy conversion letter
24 Jan 2019 Short inspection
Previously as Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School
28 Apr 2015 Full inspection:
18 Nov 2013 Monitoring visit
30 Apr 2013 Full inspection:
19 Sep 2012 Monitoring visit
11 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
04 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
14 Feb 2006 Full inspection:
20 Mar 2000 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 70%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 17%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.2
Writing 3.5
Maths -1.5

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 8 1
Third Preference 0 0
From another Local Authority 2 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School had 192 pupils for 315 places. 123 places (39.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Hucknall Primary” planning area

Nottinghamshire counted 475 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 487 in 2029–30, up 3%.

2022202320242025
Places 315315315315
Pupils 201203190192
Unfilled 36.2%35.6%39.7%39.0%

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 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 4.6%3.6%2.9%
Unauthorised absence 2.8%2.1%1.9%
Severely absent pupils 1.7%0.6%0.0%

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 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 000

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 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.18.79.811.6
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%17.7%20.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 46.2%46.2%45.5%–
Sick days per teacher 2.91.01.9–

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 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 8 4
Social, emotional and mental health 12 0
Speech, language and communication needs 9 0
Moderate learning difficulty 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School received £7,752 and spent £7,877 for each of its 204 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £27,000 (-£132 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

202320242025
Revenue reserve -£23,000-£22,000-£27,000
per pupil -£104-£102-£132
In-year balance -£88,000£39,000-£25,000
per pupil -£392£180-£125

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.

Name Distance
Broomhill Junior School
Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6AJ
0.75 miles
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School
Broomhill Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6AJ
0.84 miles
Warren Primary Academy
Bewcastle Road, Top Valley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9PJ
1.04 miles
Springfield Academy
Lawton Drive, Bulwell Hall Estate, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 8BL
1.08 miles
Rise Park Primary and Nursery School
Bestwood Park Drive West, Rise Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5EL
1.14 miles
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School
Kenbrook Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8HY
1.23 miles
Stanstead Flying High Academy
Stanstead Avenue, Rise Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5BL
1.24 miles
Westglade Primary School
Syke Road, Top Valley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9BG
1.38 miles
Leen Mills Primary School
Leen Mills Lane, Vaughan Estate, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8BZ
1.48 miles
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy
Leen Mills Lane, Nottinghamshire, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8BZ
1.53 miles
Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School
Ragdale Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 8GQ
1.54 miles
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School
Montague Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7DU
1.61 miles
Southglade Primary and Nursery School
Beckhampton Road, Nottingham, NG5 5NE
1.68 miles
Holgate Primary and Nursery School
High Leys Road, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6EZ
1.69 miles
Cantrell Primary and Nursery School
Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9HJ
1.7 miles
Crisp Vocational Provision
Units 2, 3, 11, 12, 14 Bennerley Court, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8UT
1.85 miles
Rufford Primary and Nursery School
Hoewood Road, Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, NG6 8LE
1.86 miles
Hillside Primary and Nursery School
Roberts Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6LW
1.89 miles
Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School
Chippenham Road, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5TA
1.91 miles
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
Mildenhall Crescent, Bestwood Park, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 5RS
1.91 miles
Name Distance
Bestwood Village School
School Walk, Bestwood Village, Nottingham, NG6 8UU
0.07 miles
The Oakwood Academy
Bewcastle Road, Warren Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9PJ
1.07 miles
Park Vale Academy
Top Valley Drive, Top Valley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9AZ
1.18 miles
The Bulwell Academy
Hucknall Lane, Nottingham, NG6 8AQ
1.44 miles
The National CofE Academy
Annesley Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7DB
1.98 miles
The Holgate Academy
Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6HB
2.04 miles
Endeavour Academy
Churchmoor Lane, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8HN
2.31 miles
Redhill Academy
Redhill Road, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8GX
2.32 miles
Ellis Guilford School
Bar Lane, Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 0HT
3.17 miles
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Gedling Road, Arnold, Gedling Road, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
3.2 miles
Nottingham Free School
The Courtaulds Building, 290 Haydn Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 1EB
3.26 miles
Christ The King Voluntary Academy
Darlton Drive, Arnold, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 7JZ
3.3 miles
Longdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre
226 Longdale Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 9AH
3.41 miles
The Kimberley School
Newdigate Street, Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 2NJ
3.56 miles
The Wells Academy
Ransom Drive, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 5LR
3.9 miles
Bluecoat Aspley Academy
Aspley Lane, Aspley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 5GY
3.95 miles
Bluecoat Trent Academy
Pelham Avenue, Nottingham, NG5 1AJ
4 miles
Colonel Frank Seely Academy
Flatts Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG14 6JZ
4.02 miles
Nottingham Girls' Academy
Robin's Wood Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3LD
4.08 miles
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
Beechdale Road, Aspley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3EZ
4.09 miles

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Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in January 2019 of its predecessor, Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School.

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

Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School have?

Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

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

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School?

Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is at Keepers Close, Bestwood Village, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 8XE.

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