Sherwood Junior School
Primary schoolSherwood Junior School is a primary school in Mansfield, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 229 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement
- Inspection
- Report card, 14 July 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
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 EducationIn 2024/25, 27% of pupils at Sherwood Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 27% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 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
In a straight line- Birklands Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024700 m
- Meden SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)830 m
- Church Vale Primary School and Foundation UnitPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Mansfield
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).