Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

2.235 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 March 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Hawthorne Primary and Nursery 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	2.235 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

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.235 miles from the school, the 125th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
That 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and than in 2018, and it has swung sharply between some years, most from 2023 to 2024.
Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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: Keepers Close, Bestwood Village, Nottingham, NG6 8XE
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 216 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 22.8

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 5 March 2025

Strengths

“Pupils love coming to this school.”
“They say there is nothing they would change about it.”
“Staff make their school a welcoming and inspiring place to be.”

To improve

“Some more recent curriculum changes were made in response to a decline in outcomes in statutory mathematics assessments.”
“However, teaching has not fully addressed gaps in some older pupils’ knowledge.”
“However, on occasion, these checks lack rigour.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 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)	70%	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: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.

Broomhill Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Leen Mills Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Holgate Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Hillside Primary and Nursery School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published