Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.695 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 16 November 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit 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	1.695 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 1.695 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2018, with sharp swings between some years.
Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% 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: Laurel Avenue, Church Warsop, Mansfield, NG20 0TE
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 219 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 34.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 16 November 2022

Strengths

“This is a school that is rooted in its community and aims for every pupil to ‘Reach for the Stars’.”
“The school has high ambitions for every child to succeed.”
“There are regular enrichment events, such as an annual careers fair and residential visits, to support this.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, leaders have not set out in precise detail exactly what pupils must know and remember.”
“Some teachers do not check carefully enough what pupils know and can do in order to provide them with exactly the right next steps in their learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2023 (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)	69%	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: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.

Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Birklands Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sherwood Junior School 1.1 mi Good
Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Cuckney CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) 1.2 mi Not judged
Northfield Primary and Nursery School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Leas Park Junior School 3.5 mi Good