Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.549 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.

Alderman Pounder Infant 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	1.549 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

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 1.549 miles away, the 98th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and further than in 2020.
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 8 years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 37 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 37th highest of 248 Nottinghamshire primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.

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: Eskdale Drive, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 5FN
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 182 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 26.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.9

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 11 January 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are proud of their school.”
“They learn to be curious, caring and polite.”
“They enjoy their learning because it ‘challenges’ them.”

To improve

“However, some disadvantaged pupils do not learn to read or develop their understanding of vocabulary and language quickly enough.”
“However, some pupils do not develop their understanding of vocabulary well.”
“Adults do not check how well the vocabulary they want pupils to grasp has been understood.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 37 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.

Eskdale Junior School 0.1 mi Not judged
Sunnyside Spencer Academy 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
The Lanes Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chetwynd Spencer Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bramcote CofE Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bispham Spencer Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Round Hill Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published