Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.79 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Hallcroft 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	0.79 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 0.79 miles from the school, the 41st shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
That distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
For Reception 2026 there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
The school has 16.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 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: Whitaker Close, Retford, DN22 7QH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 90 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 28.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.9

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026

Strengths

“This is a small school with a big family feel.”
“It knows them well and understands what motivates them.”
“It is a welcoming, safe place where pupils learn well.”

To improve

“However, in a small number of subjects, pupils do not recall what they have learned as well as they do elsewhere.”
“This is because the curriculum does not make clear the precise content that pupils are expected to know and remember.”
“However, in a small number of subjects, including some areas of the early years, leaders have not defined the essential knowledge clearly enough.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.

St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Ordsall Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Thrumpton Primary Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bracken Lane Primary Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Clarborough Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published