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Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Querneby Road, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 5HS · walterhallsprimary.co.uk · 0115 915 0045
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Nottingham 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 414
- 90% of 459 places
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.4%
- First language not English
- 43.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 44 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Nottingham it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 20 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 38
- 9% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied