Ordsall Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

9.359 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Ordsall Primary School is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Ordsall 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	9.359 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 in 2026 lived 9.359 miles away, 11th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
That was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 57 first-choice applications for 57 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% 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: Ordsall Road, Retford, DN22 7SL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 576 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 30.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 24 May 2022

Strengths

“Pupils, staff, parents and carers are proud of their school.”
“Pupils enjoy coming to school and spending time with their friends.”
“They relish opportunities to help each other.”

To improve

“However, the school’s curriculum is not yet fully planned and sequenced.”
“As a result, pupils do not learn and remember curriculum content as well as they should in some subjects.”
“However, not all subjects are as well developed.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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)	58%	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: 57 first-preference applications, 57 offers in total, 57 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.

Thrumpton Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bracken Lane Primary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
Elkesley Primary and Nursery School 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published