Rufford Primary and Nursery School
Nottingham, NG6 8LE · Nottingham local authority
Nottingham’s School Grade C+ better than 39% of towns in England
What stands out about Rufford Primary and Nursery School
- Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 22% of England’s primary schools
- 52% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10 points below England’s schools
- 54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (40 of 40)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NG6 8) sold for a median £170,000; Nottingham’s is £194,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 52%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 22% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Nottingham avg 61%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 102, maths 100 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 27 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Rufford Primary and Nursery School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Nottingham council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Nottingham council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand
100% got their first choice
Nottingham and Nottingham, side by side
2023–2025All 73 graded primaries in Nottingham. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Nottingham’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | A+ | 19% | 92% |
| Edna G. Olds Academy | A+ | 42% | 87% |
| Welbeck Primary School | A+ | 45% | 85% |
| Huntingdon Academy | A+ | 50% | 84% |
| South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School | A+ | 19% | 83% |
| Haydn Primary School | A | 12% | 79% |
| Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School | A | 30% | 78% |
| Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School | A | 38% | 77% |
| Warren Primary Academy | A− | 50% | 74% |
| Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School | A− | 22% | 73% |
| Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School | A− | 35% | 72% |
| Rise Park Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 29% | 70% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 24% | 70% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | B+ | 29% | 70% |
| Fernwood Primary School | B+ | 10% | 69% |
| Westglade Primary School | B+ | 47% | 68% |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School | B+ | 17% | 68% |
| Mellers Primary School | B | 44% | 67% |
| Radford Primary School Academy | B | 45% | 67% |
| Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy | B | 51% | 66% |
| Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy | B | 42% | 65% |
| Whitegate Primary and Nursery School | B | 45% | 65% |
| Southglade Primary and Nursery School | B− | 47% | 64% |
| Djanogly Northgate Academy | B− | 47% | 64% |
| The Milford Academy | B− | 34% | 64% |
| The Glapton Academy | B− | 31% | 64% |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School | B− | 18% | 63% |
| Highbank Primary and Nursery School | B− | 45% | 63% |
| Portland Spencer Academy | B− | 50% | 63% |
| William Booth Primary and Nursery School | B− | 57% | 63% |
| Melbury Primary School | B− | 43% | 62% |
| Robin Hood Primary School | B− | 35% | 62% |
| Hogarth Academy | B− | 29% | 62% |
| Djanogly Sherwood Academy | B− | 40% | 61% |
| Middleton Primary and Nursery School | C+ | 11% | 60% |
| Hempshill Hall Primary School | C+ | 32% | 60% |
| Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School | C+ | 50% | 60% |
| Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School | C+ | 31% | 59% |
| St Ann's Well Academy | C+ | 66% | 59% |
| Berridge Primary and Nursery School | C+ | 32% | 59% |
| Glenbrook Spencer Academy | C+ | 46% | 59% |
| Scotholme Primary and Nursery School | C+ | 39% | 59% |
| Carrington Primary and Nursery School | C | 13% | 57% |
| Stanstead Flying High Academy | C | 33% | 57% |
| Southwark Primary School | C | 43% | 56% |
| Firbeck Academy | C | 47% | 56% |
| Crabtree Farm Primary School | C | 69% | 55% |
| Henry Whipple Primary School | C | 42% | 55% |
| Greenfields Community School | C | 35% | 55% |
| Sycamore Academy | C | 56% | 55% |
| Old Basford School | C | 31% | 55% |
| Seely Primary School | C | 21% | 55% |
| Bluecoat Primary Academy | C | 42% | 55% |
| Ambleside Primary School | C | 48% | 54% |
| Burford Primary and Nursery School | C− | 40% | 53% |
| Claremont Primary and Nursery School | C− | 36% | 52% |
| Rufford Primary and Nursery School | C− | 54% | 52% |
| Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy | C− | 26% | 52% |
| Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School | C− | 69% | 52% |
| Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery) | C− | 36% | 51% |
| Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School | C− | 43% | 51% |
| Heathfield Primary and Nursery School | C− | 35% | 50% |
| Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre | C− | 41% | 50% |
| Nottingham Academy | C− | 44% | 50% |
| Springfield Academy | C− | 63% | 50% |
| Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School | C− | 31% | 50% |
| Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School | D | 43% | 47% |
| Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School | D | 35% | 45% |
| Djanogly Strelley Academy | D | 67% | 45% |
| Victoria Primary School | D | 49% | 44% |
| Dovecote Primary and Nursery School | D | 45% | 42% |
| Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School | D | 53% | 42% |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy | D | 26% | 39% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025423 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.
Girls and boys
Rufford Primary and Nursery School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, January 2024.
Living near Rufford Primary and Nursery School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NG6 8, the school’s postcode sector
Nottingham property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NG6 8 sell for a little under Nottingham’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
17 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Nottingham, NG6 8LE
Rufford Primary and Nursery School: common questions
Is Rufford Primary and Nursery School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 22% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 52% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, January 2024.
How hard is it to get into Rufford Primary and Nursery School?
For September 2026, 40 families put Rufford Primary and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 41 places were offered in all.
What is Rufford Primary and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2024).
How much do houses cost near Rufford Primary and Nursery School?
Homes in its postcode sector, NG6 8, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (471 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; Nottingham’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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