Cantrell Primary and Nursery School
Primary schoolCantrell Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 381 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), March 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Nottingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- The Bulwell AcademySecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.6 (2025/26, provisional)760 m
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Stanstead Flying High AcademyPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Crabtree Farm Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Rufford Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 2024. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Nottingham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).