Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools)

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

10.091 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 October 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 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	10.091 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

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 10.091 miles from the school, the 8th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
That distance was further than in 2025 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
The school has 12.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.2 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: Netherfield Lane, Meden Vale, Mansfield, NG20 9PA
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 88 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 45.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 12.3

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 11 October 2022

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
“High-quality relationships between pupils and staff are a strong feature of the school.”
“Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the school and praise the dedication of the teachers.”

To improve

“Staff have noticed that following the three national lockdowns there are gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
“Pupils’ vocabulary is not as well developed as it could be.”
“However, pupils are not reading widely enough.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 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.

Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 0.1 mi Not judged
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Birklands Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Cuckney CofE Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Sherwood Junior School 1.5 mi Good
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
King Edwin Primary and Nursery School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published