Primary school

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Nottingham
  • NG6 9HJ
Ofsted Inadequate · inspected Mar 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 11,537 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 77%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 79%79%2016/17: top 59%2017/18: top 60%2018/19: top 71%2022/23: top 65%2023/24: top 53%53% · 2023/242024/25: top 77%No exams

Against East MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM53% · East Midlands 63%3/10 Below−8.5 pts
Higher standard, RWM2% · East Midlands 6%2/10 Well below East Midlands+5.7 pts
Reading score103 · East Midlands 1052/10 Well below East Midlands−5.3 pts
Maths score102 · East Midlands 1042/10 Well below East Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 40% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 60% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 63% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 59% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 56% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 62% · 50 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 53% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 63%63%40%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 3% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 5% · 60 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 7% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 3% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 0% · 50 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 2% · 57 pupils · East Midlands 6%7%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 100 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 102 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 104 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 104 · 50 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 103 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 105104100No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 103 · 60 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 104 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 50 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 102 · 57 pupils · East Midlands 104104102No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
30 of 30 who put it first2014 · 68.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st3030
2nd111
3rd40

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2009–2024

  1. 2009Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2017Requires improvementas predecessor
  5. 2017Ungraded visitas predecessor
  6. 2019Goodas predecessor
  7. 2024Inadequateas predecessor
  8. 2024Ungraded visitas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Early years provision

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding No · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026381
Free school meals (past 6 years)34.5%
First language not English16.9%
SEN support9.5%
EHC plan1.2%
Absence (sessions missed)6.0%
Persistently absent pupils19.8%

Girls 50.8%Boys 49.2%

82.8% full · 460 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher20.3
Pupils per adult10.3
  • Classroom teachers 14.5
  • Leadership 3.7
  • Teaching assistants 16.2
  • Other support 6.5

Teachers 18.2 FTE · Whole workforce 40.9 · 58 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 6 months.

  • +£142,000revenue reserve
  • +£122,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: TRANSFORM TRUST (26 academies) · trust reserve £5,809,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it