Hillocks Primary Academy

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.748 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hillocks Primary Academy is a primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Hillocks 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	0.748 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, 32% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.748 miles away, the 35th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
49.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33.5% 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: Unwin Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4ND
Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 271 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 49.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.2

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

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 13 September 2023

Strengths

“Hillocks is a warm and friendly school.”
“Staff have created an environment that makes pupils feel happy, safe, and welcome.”
“It is a place where children come first.”

To improve

“However, there is still further work to do to develop the quality of teaching and learning so that pupils acquire the knowledge and skills they need for the next stage of their education.”
“However, pupils do not remember what they have learned before in sufficient detail.”
“They recall the activities they have done rather than the key knowledge they need for future learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 October 2023 (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)	32%	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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.

Forest Glade Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Croft Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Intake Farm Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published