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Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Nottingham, NG6 9HJ · Nottingham local authority

Nottingham’s School Grade C+ better than 39% of towns in England

Getting in
30/30
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
381 pupils
83% of its 460 places
Free school meals
36%
36 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 36% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inadequate, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (30 of 30)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NG6 9) sold for a median £170,000; Nottingham’s is £194,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Cantrell Primary and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

30
families put it first for September 2026
31
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

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. Transform Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Nottingham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Nottingham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.58 per place
63% got their first choice
1.46 per place
69% got their first choice
1.29 per place
78% got their first choice
1.25 per place
80% got their first choice
1.23 per place
81% got their first choice
1.22 per place
82% got their first choice
1.20 per place
78% got their first choice
1.07 per place
91% got their first choice
1.04 per place
96% got their first choice
Cantrell Primary and Nursery
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
Its letter

No letter for Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

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.

Graded inspection: Inadequate, March 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Cantrell 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 9, the school’s postcode sector

Nottingham property prices →
£170,000
median sale, 275 sales in 36 months · Nottingham £194,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K£250K2010201520202025NG6 9Nottingham
NG6 9Nottingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£223K
Semi-detached
£180K
Terraced
£150K
Flat
£84K
NG6 9Nottingham

Homes in NG6 9 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

21 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−B+CC+B−B+B−CC−A−CB+CB−C−C−C−B−CC−C−Cantrell Primary and Nurser…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Nottingham, NG6 9HJ

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Cantrell Primary and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 30 families put Cantrell Primary and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 31 places were offered in all.

What is Cantrell Primary and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inadequate (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near Cantrell Primary and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NG6 9, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (275 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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