Arnold Nursery School
Arnold Nursery School is a local authority nursery school in Rotherham for boys and girls aged 2 to 5. It has 172 pupils. About 0 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
The Arnold Centre, Goldsmith Road, Rotherham, S65 2LY01709 828983thearnoldcentre.co.ukMrs Lynsey Hadfield acting head of centreAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 29 April 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 5 March 2020 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Rotherham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (41), Hearing impairment (3), Other difficulty or disability (1), Profound and multiple learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 172 | 190 | 181 | 105 | 112 | 105 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 33% | 38% | 24% | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 22% | 24% | 34% | 23% | 20% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badsley Primary School | Council | 90 m | 548 | No overall grade 2025 | 4 | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 260 m | 211 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| St Bernard's Catholic High School | Academy | 740 m | 818 | Good 2024 | 67 | Compare |
| East Dene Primary | Academy | 840 m | 326 | Good 2022 | 15 | Compare |
| Clifton Community School | Academy | 890 m | 1,146 | Good 2019 | 8 | Compare |
| Herringthorpe Junior School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 354 | No overall grade 2025 | 97 | Compare |
| Herringthorpe Infant School | Council | 0.7 miles | 281 | No overall grade 2025 | 93 | Compare |
| High Greave Infant School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 97 | No overall grade 2025 | 38 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Arnold Nursery School a good school?
Arnold Nursery School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in April 2025.
What is Arnold Nursery School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Arnold Nursery School not judged at its last full inspection on 29 April 2025.
How many pupils does Arnold Nursery School have?
172 pupils aged 2 to 5 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Arnold Centre, Goldsmith Road, Rotherham, S65 2LY
- Telephone
- 01709 828983
- Website
- www.thearnoldcentre.co.uk
- Acting Head of Centre
- Mrs Lynsey Hadfield
- Type of school
- Local authority nursery school (Local authority nursery school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Nursery school, ages 2-5, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Rotherham
- Ward
- Rotherham East
- Constituency
- Rotherham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 106826 · LAESTAB 3721000
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.