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Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Community

Hucknall, NG15 6AJ · Nottinghamshire local authority

Hucknall’s School Grade B− better than 45% of towns in England

Getting in
58/62
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
238 pupils
106% of its 225 places
Free school meals
24%
24 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 238 pupils for 225 places
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 94% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (58 of 62)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NG15 6) sold for a median £227,500; Hucknall’s is £223,250
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School?

94% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

62
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
94%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (3), 2024 (5), 2025 (1), 2026 (4). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Nottinghamshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Nottinghamshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Hucknall, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.19 per place
84% got their first choice
1.06 per place
94% got their first choice
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery
1.03 per place
94% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

229 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
27.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NG15 6, the school’s postcode sector

Hucknall property prices →
£227,500
median sale, 759 sales in 36 months · Hucknall £223,250

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NG15 6Hucknall
NG15 6Hucknall

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£315K
Semi-detached
£205K
Terraced
£178K
Flat
£128K
NG15 6Hucknall

Homes in NG15 6 sell for about the same as Hucknall’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

16 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−BB−C−B−C+DA−C−C−CC−A+ACBButler's Hill Infant and Nu…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Hucknall, NG15 6AJ

Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 62 families put Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School first and 58 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).

How much do houses cost near Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NG15 6, sold for a median £227,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (759 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Hucknall’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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