Abbey Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

3.166 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Abbey Primary School is a primary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Abbey 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	3.166 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

Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 3.166 miles away, 87th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
Reception 2026 had 53 first-choice applications for 53 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 8% 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: Stuart Avenue, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0AB
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 459 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.2

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

Ofsted

Improved significantly Inspected 2 April 2025

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this aspirational and welcoming school.”
“They feel safe and know that there is a trusted adult that they can talk to if they have any worries.”
“Pupils know that all staff care deeply about their well-being and are quick to help them if a fall-out happens.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (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: 53 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 53 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.

Heatherley Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Forest Town Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Asquith Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holly Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Mansfield Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
Wynndale Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Oak Tree Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published