Kimberley Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.775 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Kimberley Primary School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.

Kimberley 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	3.775 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

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.775 miles away, the 68th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception middle figure across those 256 schools was 2.20 miles; Kimberley's 2026 figure was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2020.
In 2026 Reception entry, there were 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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: Swingate, Kimberley, Nottingham, NG16 2PG
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 193 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 32.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 14 September 2022

Strengths

“Leaders of Kimberley Primary School have high expectations of pupils.”
“Pupils are expected to be kind, be prepared to learn and ensure that everyone feels safe.”
“Pupils know this and do their very best to live up to it.”

To improve

“However, a small number of subjects are at an earlier stage of development.”
“These are not yet fully sequenced.”
“They do not make clear the precise things that pupils are expected to know and remember.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 October 2022 (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)	68%	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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.

Larkfields Junior School 0.5 mi Good
Larkfields Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hollywell Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Gilthill Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Mornington Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Awsworth Primary and Nursery School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Horsendale Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published