School Chooser

Redlands Primary and Nursery School

Primary · ages 3-11MixedCouncil374 pupilsNursery Free breakfast clubWorksopNottinghamshire
School Chooser Score
16
Below
similar schools
Likely range 9 to 28
Out of 100. Better than 6% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedNo overall gradeLast Ofsted inspection, July 2025
Reached the expected level at 1143%England 63%
Attendance95.0%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families30%A bit more than most schools
Places36 spare374 pupils, 410 places
Pupils per teacher18.9School workforce census

Redlands Primary and Nursery School is a council school in Worksop for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 374 pupils and room for 410. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools. We give it 16 out of 100. That puts it below schools like it, ahead of 6% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.

Crown Street, Worksop, S80 1TH01909 473655redlands.notts.sch.ukMrs Laura Hollinger/ Mrs Gemma Willford headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 15 July 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.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

56 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1143%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level0%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score100.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score103.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 67%67%20172018: 59%59%20182019: 76%76%20192023: 37%37%20232024: 49%49%20242025: 43%43%2025
Since 2017: -24%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017NottinghamshireEngland
Pupils tested565959595857
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths43%49%37%76%59%67%63%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths0%3%0%5%7%9%7%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score100.0105.0100.0105.0102.0105.0105.4105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score103.0105.0102.0105.0104.0104.0104.6104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score101.0104.0101.0108.0108.0107.0105.0105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard54%68%49%85%66%84%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard68%71%66%83%72%82%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)43%56%51%83%76%84%
Reading progressReading progress score-2.8+1.2-2.0+1.5
Maths progressMaths progress score+0.3+0.1-0.1-0.3
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged22%23%20%75%20%50%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged58%57%43%77%72%70%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
22%58%
Gap 36 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
41%46%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
37%43%
Gap 6 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
0%0%
No gapEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published.

A few spare places378 pupils for 410 places, 2024/25
92% full

About 32 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 6% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.

We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.

How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place (27 offers for 60 places).

EntryPlacesApplied at allGot a placeHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primary607727all offeredLA
2025 Primary607626all offeredLA
2024 Primary6011144all offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll374Census January 2026
Places41091% full
Pupils from low-income families31%30% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English27%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support14%51 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%4 pupils with a plan
Average class size24.911 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils9%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)31%£162,750 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls180 / 194
White British pupils62%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 21.8 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 27.0 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (18), emotional and mental health (13), Moderate learning difficulty (9), Specific learning difficulty (6), Physical disability (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (3).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll374411437429439444
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals31%28%28%22%18%17%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language27%27%26%25%24%22%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support16%14%9%4%6%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans1%0%0%0%0%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.0%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school13.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils3.42024/25, 1 permanent exclusion
Missed without permission1.6%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence5.0%6.4%5.9%6.7%4.6%3.7%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.4%4.7%4.2%4.8%2.9%2.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.6%1.7%1.7%1.9%1.7%1.4%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence13.5%18.2%20.9%21.3%12.4%9.8%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate3.44.64.23.90.5
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions10000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers19.2full-time equivalent, 23 people
Pupils per teacher18.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants16.0full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£52,554
Teachers who left in the year20%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher2.82024/25

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.

Spend per pupil£7,238England £7,738. Total £2.9m
Income per pupil£6,900England £7,697. Total £2.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,269England £3,480
Money in reserve15%A healthy amount put by: £402k, £1,013 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£134kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£7,238spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m53012 months to June 2026, mostly shoplifting
Local crime rate102 per 1,000 people12% higher than the England average
Typical house price£208,000Bassetlaw
Nearest bus stop90 mGrafton Street, 15 stops within 500 m

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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Norbridge AcademyAcademy510 m465No overall grade 202579Compare
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy930 mNot inspectedCompare
Sir Edmund Hillary AcademyAcademy0.7 miles345Requires improvement 20218Compare
Worksop Priory Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy0.9 miles235No overall grade 202548Compare
Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolCouncil1.0 miles184Good 202436Compare
Haggonfields Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy1.1 miles86No overall grade 20254Compare
Prospect Hill Junior SchoolCouncil1.1 miles226Good 202359Compare
St John's CofE AcademyAcademy1.1 miles445Good 202474Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Redlands Primary and Nursery School with the 49 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 49 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats6%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the bottom of its group. Its score of 16 is 37 points below the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 9 · middle 53 · highest 99100

Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher

Of those 49 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Redlands Primary and Nursery School, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.

SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Woodseats Primary SchoolAcademy14.6 miles407Good 202438Compare
Sandringham Primary SchoolAcademy15.5 miles433Good 202329Compare

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 16 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 16% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 9 to 28. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%below
-0.19
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 56 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 1.2 years old
Progress pupils make20%below
-0.21
DfE progress measure; 56 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%in line
+0.03
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
+0.00
2024/25; 342 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well below
-0.15
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 56 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Redlands Primary and Nursery School a good school?

The figures are weak. Redlands Primary and Nursery School scores 16 out of 100. That is below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 6% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 9 to 28, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Redlands Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Redlands Primary and Nursery School not judged at its last full inspection on 15 July 2025.

How good are Redlands Primary and Nursery School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 43% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 0% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Redlands Primary and Nursery School have?

374 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 410 places, so it is 91% full.

Is Redlands Primary and Nursery School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 32 places were empty in 2024/25 (8% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Redlands Primary and Nursery School?

Pupils were in school 95.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 13% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Redlands Primary and Nursery School?

The average class had 24.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 9% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

Does Redlands Primary and Nursery School have a breakfast club?

Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Crown Street, Worksop, S80 1TH
Telephone
01909 473655
Website
www.redlands.notts.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Laura Hollinger/ Mrs Gemma Willford
Free breakfast club
Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
Type of school
Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Ward
Worksop North West
Constituency
Bassetlaw
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
122603 · LAESTAB 8912611 · UKPRN 10069302

Where these figures come from