Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.212 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Hetts Lane Infant 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	1.212 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 1.212 miles away, the 75th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2020; it swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
For Reception 2026 there were 34 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility is 27.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 41% across 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: Hetts Lane, Warsop, Mansfield, NG20 0AS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 135 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.1

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy their learning at Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School.”
“The school motto is ‘Happy Learning’, and pupils say that they are happy at school.”
“Adults provide a positive environment in which pupils learn.”

To improve

“However, the school’s checks on the impact of these changes are at a very early stage.”
“This means the school is not clear about the impact on pupils’ learning over time.”
“This has had varying degrees of success.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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.

Birklands Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sherwood Junior School 0.4 mi Good
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 1.2 mi Not judged
Cuckney CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Peafield Lane Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Newlands Junior School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade