Primary school

Normanton-On-Soar Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Nottinghamshire
  • LE12 5HB
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Dec 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 597 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 4%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 2%2%2016/17: top 3%2017/18: top 17%2018/19: top 87%2024/25: top 4%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM88% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 8 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 8 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score109 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 8 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score106 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 8 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 91% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 91% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 80% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 50% · 6 pupils · East Midlands 65%2024/25: 88% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 63%91%50%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 27% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 18% · 11 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 20% · 10 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 0% · 6 pupils · East Midlands 9%2024/25: 0% · 8 pupils · East Midlands 6%27%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 109 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 111 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 107 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 104 · 6 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 109 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 105111104No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 110 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 112 · 11 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 10 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 6 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 8 pupils · East Midlands 104112103No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
2 of 2 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st22
2nd70
3rd20

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2024

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Goodas predecessor
  4. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  5. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  6. 2022Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2024Ungraded visitas predecessor

3 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision

2 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202654
Free school meals (past 6 years)4.8%
First language not English5.6%
SEN support4.2%
EHC plan5.6%
Absence (sessions missed)6.3%
Persistently absent pupils13.2%

Girls 40.9%Boys 59.1%

65.1% full · 83 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.1
Pupils per adult7.9
  • Classroom teachers 2.8
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 2.9
  • Other support 0.8

Teachers 3.8 FTE · Whole workforce 7.5 · 14 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 11 months.

  • +£59,000revenue reserve
  • +£3,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: EQUALS TRUST (18 academies) · trust reserve £877,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it