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Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

Primary Ages 3-11 381 pupils Nottingham
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Cantrell Primary and Nursery School is an academy sponsor led in Nottingham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 381 pupils on roll.

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Cantrell Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG6 9HJ
Phone 01159155770
Reference Number 151545

General Makeup

Number of pupils 381
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.87%
Girls: 50.13%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 35.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.2%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.1
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 28 43
2 23 30 53
3 28 23 51
4 28 29 57
5 32 28 60
6 34 19 53

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 58%
African 10.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 8.4%
White, Other 7.9%
Asian, Other 2.9%
White & Asian 2.6%
Indian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.8%
Mixed, Other 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Caribbean 0.8%
Unclassified 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 11 1
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Cantrell Primary and Nursery School had 368 pupils for 420 places. 52 places (12.4%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Bulwell Primary” planning area

Nottingham counted 431 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 411 in 2029–30, down 5%.

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 Cantrell Primary and Nursery School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.2%
Unauthorised absence 2.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.6%

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 2025–26 Cantrell Primary and Nursery School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.3
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 10.0% of pupils at Cantrell Primary and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 6 6
Speech, language and communication needs 12 0
Social, emotional and mental health 11 0
Moderate learning difficulty 5 2
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 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.

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How many pupils does Cantrell Primary and Nursery School have?

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School has 381 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cantrell Primary and Nursery School cover?

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

Where is Cantrell Primary and Nursery School?

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School is at Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9HJ.

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