Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

5.788 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Dalestorth 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 2 November 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Dalestorth 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	5.788 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 Reception 2026 last distance offered was 5.788 miles, the 33rd longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
Reception last distances swung sharply between some years, most from 2021 to 2022; the 2026 figure was further than 2025's and the longest of the 9 years.
Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.

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: Hill Crescent, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JA
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 356 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.5

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 2 November 2022

Strengths

“Relationships at Dalestorth Primary are positive.”
“Pupils get on well with each other and the adults in school.”
“Pupils work hard and enjoy learning new things.”

To improve

“However, the programme is at an early stage of implementation.”
“As a result, a small number of pupils are not yet reading as fluently as they should.”
“However, in a small number of subjects, some pupils cannot recall what they have been taught well enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 December 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)	43%	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: 35 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 35 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.

Forest Glade Primary School 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Hillocks Primary Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Croft Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Intake Farm Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Skegby Junior Academy 1.3 mi Standards maintained