# Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School

Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Gedling, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147506. [Gedling](https://openindex.co.uk/gedling)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 420
- Council: Gedling
- URN: 147506

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, December 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 6 December 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, 63% of pupils at Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
5% 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 | 63% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 5% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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.

- [Endeavour Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/endeavour-academy-e150758): 300 m. Special. Inadequate (overall), May 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- [Redhill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redhill-academy-e136361): 590 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Pinewood Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pinewood-infant-and-nursery-school-e122520): 730 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023
- [Killisick Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/killisick-junior-school-e143470): 890 m. Primary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Robert Mellors Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/robert-mellors-primary-academy-e144979): 910 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/arnold-mill-primary-and-nursery-school-e150646): 930 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2020, before the school changed

## 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/147506)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147506)

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