Bright Fields School
Bright Fields School is an independent special school in Retford for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 10 pupils and room for 40.
South Leverton, Retford, DN22 0DJ0780 241 7517Headteacher Kelley Fray headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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 Nottinghamshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverton Church of England Academy | Academy | 930 m | 76 | Good 2023 | 57 | Compare |
| Sturton CofE Primary School | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 100 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
| Rampton Primary School | Council | 2.0 miles | 74 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| North Wheatley Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 3.0 miles | 123 | No overall grade 2025 | 40 | Compare |
| Clarborough Primary School | Council | 3.6 miles | 205 | Good 2022 | 27 | Compare |
| The Marton Academy | Academy | 3.7 miles | 100 | Report card 2026 | 87 | Compare |
| Bracken Lane Primary Academy | Academy | 4.4 miles | 233 | Good 2021 | 65 | Compare |
| Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School | Church of England | 4.5 miles | 80 | No overall grade 2025 | 17 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bright Fields School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bright Fields School yet.
How many pupils does Bright Fields School have?
10 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 25% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- South Leverton, Retford, DN22 0DJ
- Telephone
- 0780 241 7517
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Kelley Fray
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Ward
- Rampton
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 29 August 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151871 · LAESTAB 8916051
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.
- 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.