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Abbey Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Stuart Avenue, Forest Town, Mansfield NG19 0AB · abbeyprimaryschool.co.uk · 01623 481117
On the mapSearch near NG19 0AB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Nottinghamshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 459
- 39 over 420 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.6%
- First language not English
- 9.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- One Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 53 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 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 57 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 50 | 0.8 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Nottinghamshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133280)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Abbey Primary School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133280), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133280)
Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133280)
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133280)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 53
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied