Schools near Nottingham
292 open schools in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Nottinghamshire schools
Nottingham has 292 state schools: 228 primary, 43 secondary, part of Nottinghamshire's wider catchment. 283 have a published Ofsted rating, and 231 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Nottinghamshire
Primary schools: Explicit: 'Nottinghamshire community and voluntary controlled schools all have a designated catchment area.' (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Nottingham straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Nottinghamshire's, and Derbyshire, Nottingham also have schools here, applying under their own.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
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