# Highbank Primary and Nursery School

Highbank Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Nottingham, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 250 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E140017. [Nottingham](https://openindex.co.uk/nottingham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 250
- Council: Nottingham
- URN: 140017

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 22 February 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Highbank Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 61% in Nottingham and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Nottingham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Milford Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-milford-academy-e138741): 610 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blessed-robert-widmerpool-catholic-primary-and-nursery-school-e137425): 620 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), March 2022. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whitegate Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitegate-primary-and-nursery-school-e144842): 710 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2021. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Glapton Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-glapton-academy-e140239): 1.3 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Nethergate Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nethergate-academy-e137915): 1.5 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, June 2023
- [James Peacock Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/james-peacock-infant-and-nursery-school-e122675): 1.9 km. Primary. Good (overall), April 2024

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140017)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/140017)

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