Primary school

Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Nottinghamshire
  • NG24 1LT
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Apr 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 13,780 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 92%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 61%61%2016/17: top 81%2017/18: top 90%2018/19: top 70%2022/23: top 92%2023/24: top 92%2024/25: top 92%No exams

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWM41% · East Midlands 63%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score100 · East Midlands 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score102 · East Midlands 104Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 50% · 24 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 48% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 45% · 20 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 59% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 38% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 39% · 23 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 41% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 63%59%38%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 24 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 16% · 25 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 5% · 20 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 7% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 3% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 23 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 29 pupils · East Midlands 6%16%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 24 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 103 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 101 · 20 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 102 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 104 · 23 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 100 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 105104100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 24 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 103 · 25 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 102 · 20 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 100 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 100 · 23 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 104104100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
12 of 12 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1212
2nd80
3rd60

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2024

  1. 2008Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor
  8. 2024Ungraded visitas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026146
Free school meals (past 6 years)32.6%
First language not English49.3%
SEN support18.7%
EHC plan2.0%
Absence (sessions missed)5.0%
Persistently absent pupils16.4%

Girls 43.3%Boys 56.7%

71.2% full · 205 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.0
Pupils per adult14.5
  • Classroom teachers 5.2
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 2.8
  • Other support 2.2

Teachers 7.2 FTE · Whole workforce 12.1 · 16 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 8 months.

  • −£49,000revenue reserve
  • −£40,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: FLYING HIGH TRUST (35 academies) · trust reserve £4,290,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it