Abbey Gates Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.688 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Abbey Gates Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Abbey Gates Primary 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	3.688 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 3.688 miles away, the 73rd longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
There were 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers in Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Vernon Crescent, Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9BN
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 238 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.3

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 20 February 2024

Strengths

“Abbey Gates Primary School is a caring and inclusive school.”
“A typical comment from pupils is that the school is 'amazing'.”
“Many parents hold similar positive views.”

To improve

“On occasions, some teachers do not always use activities or resources that support pupils’ learning.”
“When this is the case, some pupils do not always learn as well as they could.”
“However, sometimes they do not always adapt their teaching to help these pupils effectively.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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)	90%	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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 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.

Ravenshead CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Blidworth Oaks Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Linby Cum Papplewick CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Mansfield 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
Lake View Primary and Nursery School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Newstead Primary and Nursery School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published