Springbank Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.04 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Springbank Academy is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Springbank 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 | 4.04 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 4.04 miles away, 63rd longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
- The 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025, the sharpest swing between years, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 29 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Peacock Drive, Eastwood, Nottingham, NG16 3HW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “There is a strong sense of community in this school.”
- “The school does much to ensure that the wider community is also included in its work.”
- “Visits to residential homes for the elderly and community events in school extend the welcoming feel.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects the key knowledge that pupils need to know and remember is not set out well enough.”
- “When this is the case, pupils struggle to link new knowledge to what they know already.”
- “However, they not always respond quickly enough to resolve pupils’ misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (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) | 75% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 27 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.
- Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Florence Nightingale Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gilthill Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Brinsley Primary and Nursery School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Awsworth Primary and Nursery School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hollywell Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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