Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.556 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Mapperley Plains 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 | 0.556 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
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.556 miles away, the 18th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2018; the biggest swing between years came from 2019 to 2020.
- Reception 2026 drew 60 first-choice applications for 52 offers; 52 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils (England 62%) met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, and 5% (England 8%) reached the higher standard.
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
- Central Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 5LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy learning at this school.”
- “The school has high expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
- “As one parent, typical of many, commented, ‘My children are extremely happy at school and are thriving.’”
To improve
- “However, in some classes, teachers have not ensured that classroom routines are well established.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not settle down to learning promptly.”
- “This means that they do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2025 (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) | 71% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 52 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.
- The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westdale Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Westdale Infant and Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ernehale Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ernehale Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Woodthorpe Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arno Vale Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stanhope Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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