High Oakham Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.142 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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High Oakham Primary School 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 11 May 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

High Oakham 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	1.142 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 last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.142 miles away, the 69th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.20 miles).
That 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
Reception 2026 had 69 first-choice applications for 69 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Nottingham Road, Mansfield, NG18 4SH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 477 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.1

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2022

Strengths

“High Oakham is a welcoming school.”
“Staff know the pupils and their families well.”
“They have established clear routines and positive relationships with pupils.”

To improve

“Some subject leaders are new to their roles and have not yet monitored the effectiveness of their subject.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2022 (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)	60%	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: 69 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 69 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.

King Edward Primary School & Nursery 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sutton Road Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Berry Hill Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Mansfield Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Asquith Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Peter's CofE Primary Academy, Mansfield 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Wynndale Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published