Hillside Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

2.36 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hillside Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Hillside Primary and Nursery 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	2.36 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 2.36 miles from the school, the 118th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
For Reception 2026, there were 45 first-choice applications for 51 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).

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: Roberts Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6LW
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 456 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 17 May 2022

Strengths

“Leaders are ambitious for pupils at Hillside Primary and Nursery School.”
“They are aspirational that pupils will leave the school with the academic and personal skills they need to succeed.”
“They want pupils to become ‘the best version of themselves’.”

To improve

“While this information is used well to support their learning, it is not used as successfully to support pupils’ wider needs.”
“As a result, some pupils with SEND can become frustrated or agitated.”
“A few parents of pupils with SEND express their concern that some teachers do not recognise or address their child’s emotional needs as well as others.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 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)	68%	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: 45 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 45 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.

Holgate Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Leen Mills Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Edgewood Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Broomhill Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good