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Best primary schools in Nottingham

74 of 78 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Nottingham schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 59 of them.

65 of 78 rated Good or Outstanding
8 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 62.0% (best 93.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Huntingdon Academy Nottingham	93.0%	Not judged	about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
2	St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Nottingham	90.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
3	Edna G. Olds Academy Nottingham	86.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.58 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Welbeck Primary School Nottingham	84.0%	Good declining	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	Haydn Primary School Nottingham	82.0%	Not judged improving	oversubscribed 1.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
6	South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School Nottingham	80.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	St Mary's Catholic Primary School Nottingham	80.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
8	Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	77.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
9	Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School Nottingham	76.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
10	Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham	76.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
11	Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	75.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
12	Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham	75.0%	Good improving	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
13	Warren Primary Academy Nottingham	75.0%	Good declining	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
14	Hogarth Academy Nottingham	74.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	Highbank Primary and Nursery School Nottingham hidden gem	73.0%	Good improving	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	Mellers Primary School Nottingham	73.0%	Good declining	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
17	Southglade Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	73.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
18	The Glapton Academy Nottingham hidden gem	72.0%	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
19	Radford Primary School Academy Nottingham	71.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
20	The Milford Academy Nottingham hidden gem	71.0%	Good	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
21	Rise Park Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	70.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Berridge Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	69.0%	Good improving	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
23	Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School Nottingham hidden gem	69.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Glenbrook Spencer Academy Nottingham	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
25	Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Nottingham	69.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
26	Scotholme Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
27	Djanogly Northgate Academy Nottingham	67.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
28	Robin Hood Primary School Nottingham	67.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
29	Westglade Primary School Nottingham	67.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	Fernwood Primary School Nottingham	66.0%	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
31	Firbeck Academy Nottingham	66.0%	Good improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Hempshill Hall Primary School Nottingham	66.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
33	Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre Nottingham	66.0%	Not judged	about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Whitegate Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	66.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	Melbury Primary School Nottingham	63.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
36	St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	63.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
37	Djanogly Sherwood Academy Nottingham	62.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
38	Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School Nottingham	62.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	Greenfields Community School Nottingham	62.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
40	Seely Primary School Nottingham hidden gem	61.0%	Good improving	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
41	Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School Nottingham	61.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
42	Claremont Primary and Nursery School Nottingham hidden gem	60.0%	Good improving	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
43	Southwark Primary School Nottingham	60.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
44	Ambleside Primary School Nottingham	58.0%	Not judged	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
45	Portland Spencer Academy Nottingham hidden gem	58.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
46	Middleton Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	57.0%	Good	about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
47	Old Basford School Nottingham	57.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
48	Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	56.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
49	Henry Whipple Primary School Nottingham hidden gem	56.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
50	Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School Nottingham hidden gem	55.0%	Good	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
51	Carrington Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	55.0%	Good	oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
52	Crabtree Farm Primary School Nottingham	55.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
53	St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School Nottingham	55.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
54	St Ann's Well Academy Nottingham	54.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
55	Stanstead Flying High Academy Nottingham	54.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
56	William Booth Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	54.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
57	Burford Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	53.0%	Not judged	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
58	Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	53.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
59	Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	53.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
60	Victoria Primary School Nottingham	53.0%	Not judged	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
61	Springfield Academy Nottingham	52.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
62	Bluecoat Primary Academy Nottingham	51.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
63	Sycamore Academy Nottingham	51.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
64	Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	49.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
65	Rufford Primary and Nursery School Bulwell	49.0%	Good improving	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
66	Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery) Nottingham	49.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
67	Heathfield Primary and Nursery School Nottingham hidden gem	46.0%	Good	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
68	Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy Nottingham	42.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
69	Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy Nottingham	41.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
70	St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy Nottingham	41.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	approximate
71	Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School Nottingham	36.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
72	Djanogly Strelley Academy Nottingham	34.0%	Good	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
73	Dovecote Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	27.0%	Not judged	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
74	Snape Wood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham	20.0%	Requires improvement	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26	approximate

Also in Nottingham

4 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Nottingham, not a fairer one.

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School Ofsted: Inadequate
Fig Tree Primary School Ofsted: Good
Green Crescent School Ofsted: Requires improvement
St Joseph's School

Applying in Nottingham

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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