Bracken Lane Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Retford, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.516 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bracken Lane Primary Academy is a primary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 December 2021. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Bracken Lane Primary Academy 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 | 1.516 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, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire that have results.
- In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child 1.516 miles away, the 95th shortest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and further than in 2020; it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
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
- Bracken Lane, Retford, DN22 7EU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 December 2021
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to this welcoming school.”
- “They feel safe, happy and valued.”
- “Staff know pupils well and build warm, trusting relationships with them.”
To improve
- “They place communication and language at the heart of learning because they know many children enter the Nursery with skills that are below those typically expected for their age.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2026 (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) | 72% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.
- Thrumpton Primary Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ordsall Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Hallcroft Infant and Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Clarborough Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
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