# Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School

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

It had 340 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144322. [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 340
- Council: Ashfield
- URN: 144322

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 28 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
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, 89% of pupils at Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
16% 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 | 89% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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.

- [St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-mary-magdalene-cofe-primary-school-e141545): 960 m. Primary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Westbourne School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westbourne-school-e146288): 990 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Ashfield Comprehensive School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ashfield-comprehensive-school-e137981): 1.4 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Huthwaite All Saints Church of England Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/huthwaite-all-saints-church-of-england-infant-and-nursery-school-e149418): 1.4 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- [Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brierley-forest-primary-and-nursery-school-e149209): 1.5 km. Primary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 20% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sutton Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sutton-community-academy-e139063): 1.7 km. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.1 (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/144322)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144322)

## How to cite

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