Burton Joyce Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.377 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Burton Joyce Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 22 January 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Burton Joyce 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 | 3.377 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 Reception offer in 2026 went to a child 3.377 miles away, further than in 2025 and about the same as 2020; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 34 first-choice applications for 38 offers (0.9 first choices per offer, the 11th lowest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 2024/25: 51% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ranked 2nd lowest of 8 schools for 2024/25 reading, writing and maths results: this one and the 7 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
- Padleys Lane, Burton Joyce, Nottingham, NG14 5EB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 315 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 22 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive and are happy at this school.”
- “Staff and pupils live and breathe the school values of Positivity, Respect, Integrity, Determination and Equality (PRIDE).”
- “They are ready to learn and enjoy their lessons.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, learning activities do not enable pupils to deepen their knowledge and understanding as well as they might.”
- “However, pupils do not have a secure understanding of cultural diversity in modern Britain.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 51% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 34 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.
- Lambley Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willow Farm Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rivendell Flying High Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Hallows CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Lowdham CofE Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Netherfield Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Priory Junior School 2.1 mi Good
- Phoenix Infant and Nursery School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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