Larkfields Infant School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–7 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

2.844 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Larkfields Infant School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 5–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 23 March 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.

Larkfields Infant 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	2.844 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

In 2026 the last Reception place went to a child living 2.844 miles away, the 101st longest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The Reception 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2020; it has swung sharply between some years, most of all from 2020 to 2022.
Reception 2026 drew 41 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Of its pupils, 9.5% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 17.3% 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: Coronation Road, Nuthall, Nottingham, NG16 1EP
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 168 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 9.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.6

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 23 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils have a real sense of belonging at this welcoming infant school.”
“They say that it feels ‘like one big family’.”
“Pupils feel safe and are happy.”

To improve

“Pupils do not always receive sufficient time to be able to practise writing at length.”
“This limits how accurately and confidently some pupils, including children in the early years, can write.”
“Teachers do not always provide the support that pupils need to help them to write with greater fluency.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 41 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 41 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 0.0 mi Good
Kimberley Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Mornington Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Hollywell Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Horsendale Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Gilthill Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
Hucknall Flying High Academy 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Awsworth Primary and Nursery School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published