Priestsic Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.306 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Priestsic Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Priestsic Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	1.306 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.306 miles away, the 85th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
In 2024/25, 42% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
45.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire is 26.1%.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Park Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BB
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 425 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 45.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.5

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 July 2022

Strengths

“Everyone receives a warm welcome in this caring school.”
“They are proud of their school and uphold the school’s values of respect, independence, resilience, kindness, self-belief and responsibility.”
“Pupils are well looked after at this school.”

To improve

“A small number of pupils say that there is occasional poor behaviour during social times.”
“Some pupils want a consistent approach to behaviour management.”
“Leaders’ checks on pupils’ learning are more established in some subjects than they are in others.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	42%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 44 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 44 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.

Croft Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Forest Glade Primary School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hillocks Primary Academy 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published