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Fountaindale School

Special schoolAges 3–18AcademySixth form

near Ravenshead, NG18 5BA · Nottinghamshire local authority

Ravenshead’s School Grade B better than 62% of towns in England

How full
95 pupils
113% of its 84 places
Free school meals
46%
46 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Fountaindale School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 95 pupils for 84 places
  • 46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, May 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Ravenshead, the nearest town
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NG18 5) sold for a median £170,000; Ravenshead’s is £370,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

92 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
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
7.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
47%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 42%Boys 58%
Its letter

No letter for Fountaindale School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

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 (no overall grade since September 2024), May 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Fountaindale School

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

Home prices in NG18 5, the school’s postcode sector

Ravenshead property prices →
£170,000
median sale, 327 sales in 36 months · Ravenshead £370,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£0K£100K£200K£300K£400K2010201520202025NG18 5Ravenshead
NG18 5Ravenshead

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£297K
Semi-detached
£172K
Terraced
£110K
Flat
£85K
NG18 5Ravenshead

Homes in NG18 5 sell for well under Ravenshead’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

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−B−C+Fountaindale School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Ravenshead, NG18 5BA

Fountaindale School: common questions

What is Fountaindale School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (May 2025).

How much do houses cost near Fountaindale School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NG18 5, sold for a median £170,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (327 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; Ravenshead’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.