Phoenix Infant and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

6.643 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Phoenix Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 January 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Phoenix 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	6.643 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 Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 6.643 miles away, 24th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.20 miles).
Reception last distances have swung sharply; 2026's was further than 2025's and 2020's, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Free school meal eligibility is 15.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 29.2% 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: Phoenix Avenue, Gedling, Nottingham, NG4 4EL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 164 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 15.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 12 January 2022

Strengths

“Pupils flourish at this small school with its friendly and caring ethos.”
“They respond readily to the high expectations that leaders and staff set.”
“Parents and carers speak highly of the school and the education their children receive.”

To improve

“However, it is too soon to measure the impact on reading standards.”
“Some pupils are still significantly behind where they should be for their age.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 28 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.

Priory Junior School 0.1 mi Good
All Hallows CofE Primary School 0.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
Haddon Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Willow Farm Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Stanhope Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Carlton Infant Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Carlton Junior Academy 0.7 mi Not judged
Netherfield Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published