# Hillocks Primary Academy

Hillocks Primary Academy is a primary school in Ashfield, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 271 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E145847. [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 271
- Council: Ashfield
- URN: 145847

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Requires improvement (overall), September 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 September 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 32% of pupils at Hillocks Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 105 | 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.

- [Forest Glade Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-glade-primary-school-e147715): 730 m. Primary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dalestorth-primary-and-nursery-school-e122490): 760 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Croft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/croft-primary-school-e122463): 980 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Priestsic Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priestsic-primary-and-nursery-school-e122468): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2022. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sutton Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sutton-community-academy-e139063): 1.2 km. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Quarrydale Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/quarrydale-academy-e137857): 1.7 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 39.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/145847)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/145847)

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