Kirkby Woodhouse School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
6.785 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kirkby Woodhouse School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Kirkby Woodhouse 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 | 6.785 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
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 21% of pupils, against a middle figure of 40% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.
- The last Reception place offered in 2026 went to a child living 6.785 miles away, the 21st longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 and in 2020, and it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2021 to 2022.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd 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
- Main Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 9EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 386 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Kirkby Woodhouse behave exceptionally well.”
- “They are a credit to the school.”
- “Pupils are keen learners who try their best in lessons, showing resilience when faced with tricky concepts.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise that there are a small number of subjects where the curriculum is less strong.”
- “In some cases, the curriculum does not yet set out the important knowledge and skills in enough detail.”
- “In other cases, teachers are not yet implementing the new curriculum as effectively as they might.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 July 2023 (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) | 69% | 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: 46 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 46 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.
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Primary School and Nursery 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The West Park Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Morven Park Primary and Nursery School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newstead Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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