Costock CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Loughborough, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.337 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Costock CofE Primary School is a primary school in Loughborough, Nottinghamshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Costock CofE 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 | 1.337 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.337 miles, 87th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020, after sharp swings between some years, the biggest from 2023 to 2024.
- In 2024/25, 36% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 36% was the lowest in 2024/25 of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire that have results.
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
- Main Street, Costock, Loughborough, LE12 6XD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 95 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive from the joy and fellowship of school life.”
- “The school's positive ethos and ambitious values, including service and truth, encourage pupils to, 'shine like a star'.”
- “Pupils are respectful friends and welcome everyone to their school.”
To improve
- “However, staff sometimes do not check closely enough that pupils’ knowledge of these sounds is secure.”
- “Pupils’ misconceptions are not always addressed quickly enough.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop their reading skills as quickly as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 November 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) | 36% | 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: 6 first-preference applications, 6 offers in total, 6 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.
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brookside Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Millside Spencer Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gotham Primary School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Keyworth Primary and Nursery School 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Normanton-On-Soar Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willoughby Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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