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Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery

Primary Ages 2-11 218 pupils Nottingham
Ofsted: Good
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Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery is an academy converter in Nottingham for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 218 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in April 2023 of its predecessor, Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery. In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 8% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 21% of pupils were persistently absent.

Ofsted inspection: April 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Abbey Road
Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG17 7NZ
Phone 01623484512
Reference Number 150098

General Makeup

Number of pupils 218
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.33%
Girls: 53.67%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 75%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 23.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 13 21
2 10 16 26
3 14 9 23
4 11 8 19
5 10 16 26
6 13 15 28

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.8%
African 4.6%
White, Other 4.1%
Mixed, Other 1.8%
Pakistani 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
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, Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery, inspected in April 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Apr 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 48%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 100
Maths 102
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 7 0
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery had 189 pupils for 315 places. 126 places (40.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Kirkby Primary” planning area

Nottinghamshire counted 238 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 227 in 2029–30, down 5%.

20242025
Places 315315
Pupils 203189
Unfilled 35.6%40.0%

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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.9%
Unauthorised absence 2.1%
Severely absent pupils 2.3%

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, 1.3% of pupils at Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.8
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery had 18.1 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

20252026
Pupils per adult 8.58.4
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 76.9%–
Sick days per teacher 15.0–

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, 16.1% of pupils at Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 14 0
Moderate learning difficulty 8 0
Speech, language and communication needs 6 2
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 1
Physical disability 1 0
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery received £9,823 and spent £9,920 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £193,000 (£932 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

2025
Revenue reserve £193,000
per pupil £932
In-year balance -£20,000
per pupil -£97

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
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School Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7BT
0.25 miles
Kingsway Primary School
Kingsway, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7FH
0.59 miles
The West Park Academy
Vernon Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8EE
0.86 miles
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School
Sutton Middle Lane, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8FX
1.2 miles
Orchard Primary School and Nursery
Chapel Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8JY
1.27 miles
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy
Clare Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5BB
1.4 miles
Annesley Primary and Nursery School
Forest Road, Annesley Woodhouse, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 9BW
1.47 miles
Kirkby Woodhouse School
Main Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 9EU
1.63 miles
Croft Primary School
Station Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5FJ
1.83 miles
Hillocks Primary Academy
Unwin Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4ND
1.94 miles
Newstead Primary and Nursery School
Hucknall Road, Newstead Village, Newstead Primary School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 0BB
2.11 miles
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School
Park Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 4BB
2.17 miles
Forest Glade Primary School
Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 4FL
2.28 miles
Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School
Hill Crescent, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 4JA
2.41 miles
Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School
Henning Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1HU
2.43 miles
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School
Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2HT
2.51 miles
High Oakham Primary School
Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4SH
2.62 miles
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School
Springwood View Close, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2HR
2.64 miles
Sutton Road Primary School
Moor Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 5SF
2.92 miles
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Mansfield Road, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 3DW
3.03 miles
Name Distance
Bracken Hill School
Chartwell Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7HZ
0.03 miles
Outwood Academy Kirkby
Tennyson Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7DH
0.47 miles
Ashfield Comprehensive School
Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8HP
1.59 miles
Sutton Community Academy
High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1EE
1.92 miles
Fountaindale School
Nottingham Road, Mansfield, NG18 5BA
2.21 miles
Westbourne School
Huthwaite School, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2EL
2.3 miles
West Nottinghamshire College
Derby Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 5BH
2.32 miles
Pollyteach Limited
The Elms, Portland College, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, NG18 4TJ
2.44 miles
Quarrydale Academy
Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2DU
2.75 miles
Selston High School
Chapel Road, Selston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 6BW
3.54 miles
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
Broomhill Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 6BW
3.66 miles
Aurora Mansfield School
6 Woodhouse Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2AD
3.7 miles
The Beech Academy
Fairholme Drive, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 6DX
3.79 miles
The National CofE Academy
Annesley Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 7DB
3.94 miles
Frederick Gent School
Mansfield Road, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 2ER
3.96 miles
Queen Elizabeth's Academy
Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7AP
3.98 miles
Longdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre
226 Longdale Lane, Ravenshead, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 9AH
4.07 miles
The Brunts Academy
The Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2AT
4.13 miles
Horizons Academy
Ravensdale Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2DP
4.18 miles
Sherwood Church Academy
Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2DY
4.22 miles

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What is Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in April 2023 of its predecessor, Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery.

When was Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery have?

Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery cover?

Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery?

Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery is at Abbey Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 7NZ.

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