Gateford Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
7.281 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gateford Park Primary School is a primary school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 29 January 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Gateford Park 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 | 7.281 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
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 7.281 miles, the 18th longest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years, and in 2026 it was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 27 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Amherst Rise, Gateford Park, Worksop, S81 7RG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 230 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 29 January 2025
Strengths
- “In this welcoming school community, pupils learn, read and play happily together.”
- “Pupils support each other and can be themselves.”
- “They trust adults to keep them safe and to help them if they have any worries.”
To improve
- “However, some inconsistencies remain.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not explain new ideas clearly or check that pupils understand what they have been taught.”
- “This means teachers occasionally move on to new or more complex ideas before knowing if pupils are ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2025 (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) | 62% | 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.
- St John's CofE Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whipman Woods Flying High Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prospect Hill Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Norbridge Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redlands Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Edmund Hillary Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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