Croft Primary School
Station Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 5FJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Sally- Ann Seward
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 364
- URN
- 122463
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01623455255
About this school
Croft Primary School is a community primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 364 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Croft Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 59 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 58% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 69% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 46% | 71% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 66% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Croft Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 394 |
| 2023/24 | 383 |
| 2024/25 | 386 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Croft Primary School compares
Croft Primary School ranked 159th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5% | 24.6% | 364 | — |
| Priestsic Primary and Nursery School | 42% | 6.1% | 43.5% | 425 | 0.3 miles |
| Forest Glade Primary School | 93% | 4.2% | 29.2% | 234 | 0.6 miles |
| Hillocks Primary Academy | 32% | 7.8% | 54% | 271 | 0.6 miles |
| Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy | 66% | 5.2% | 44.3% | 461 | 0.7 miles |
| Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School | 20% | 7.2% | 46.2% | 258 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.61%
- English as an additional language
- 16.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.97%
- Persistent absence
- 13.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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Forest Glade Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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Hillocks Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
-
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
-
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
Other schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Croft Primary School ranks 5th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
- Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Forest Glade Primary School Primary
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School Primary
- Hillocks Primary Academy Primary
- Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Priestsic Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Skegby Junior Academy Primary
- St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School Primary
- Woodland View Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Croft Primary School teach?
- Croft Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Croft Primary School?
- The headteacher of Croft Primary School is Miss Sally- Ann Seward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Croft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Croft Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Croft Primary School?
- Croft Primary School has 364 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Croft Primary School full?
- Croft Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 364 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Croft Primary School a faith school?
- No. Croft Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Croft Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Croft Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Croft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Croft Primary School compare with other schools in Nottinghamshire?
- Croft Primary School ranked 159th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Croft Primary School's absence rate?
- Croft Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Croft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Croft Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.