Ranskill Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Retford, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.065 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ranskill Primary School is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Ranskill 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 | 3.065 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.065 miles, the 93rd longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
- This distance has swung sharply between some years, the biggest move from 2024 to 2025; the 2026 Reception figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2020.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 33% 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
- Cherry Tree Walk, Ranskill, Retford, DN22 8LH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 147 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school each day.”
- “They feel comfortable and confident in the supportive and caring school environment.”
- “Staff put pupils’ interests at the heart of everything they do.”
To improve
- “At times, teachers do not provide work for pupils which is focused clearly enough on the most complex aspects of the school’s curriculum, such as problem solving in mathematics.”
- “This means that pupils do not consistently deepen their understanding across the subjects they study.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not check pupils’ understanding well enough to ensure that they move pupils learning on at the most appropriate point.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 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) | 80% | 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: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Mattersey Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Primary School of St Mary and St Martin 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Everton Primary School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harworth Church of England Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ranby CofE Primary School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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