Thoresby Vale Primary Academy
Thoresby Vale Primary Academy is a free school in Mansfield for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 91 pupils and room for 210. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Lidgett Lane, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, NG21 9TA01623 460501thoresbyvaleprimary-ac.org.ukMrs Rebecca Hurley 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.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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 most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (10), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (4), Physical disability (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe | Academy | 940 m | 103 | No overall grade 2024 | 52 | Compare |
| King Edwin Primary and Nursery School | Council | 0.9 miles | 459 | Good 2024 | 59 | Compare |
| Maun Infant and Nursery School | Academy | 1.8 miles | 160 | Requires improvement 2022 | 1 | Compare |
| The Forest View Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 194 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| The Parkgate Academy | Academy | 2.4 miles | 331 | Not inspected | 44 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 2.6 miles | 224 | Good 2023 | 45 | Compare |
| Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) | Council | 3.5 miles | 100 | No overall grade 2025 | 6 | Compare |
| Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) | Council | 3.5 miles | 88 | Good 2022 | 30 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Thoresby Vale Primary Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Thoresby Vale Primary Academy yet.
How many pupils does Thoresby Vale Primary Academy have?
91 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 43% full.
How big are the classes at Thoresby Vale Primary Academy?
The average class had 19.0 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Lidgett Lane, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, NG21 9TA
- Telephone
- 01623 460501
- Website
- www.thoresbyvaleprimary-ac.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Hurley
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Diverse Academies Trust (16 schools)
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Ward
- Edwinstowe & Clipstone
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151707 · LAESTAB 8912054 · UKPRN 10098691
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.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- 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.