Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.737 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Mapplewells 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	0.737 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 2024/25, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire that have results.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.737 miles away, the 34th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
Reception 2026 had 54 first-choice applications for 50 offers; 50 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
12.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 35% across 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: Henning Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1HU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 340 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.2

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are happy at this school and describe themselves as proud ‘Mapplewellians’.”
“They are highly motivated, enthusiastic learners who live up to the school’s high expectations.”
“They achieve consistently high academic standards by the end of Year 6.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 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)	89%	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: 54 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 50 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.

St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Huthwaite All Saints Church of England Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Woodland View Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Croft Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published