Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre
Kennington Road, Radford, Nottingham, NG8 1QD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Yolanda Salmeron
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Nottingham South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 122465
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159155756
About this school
Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre is a community primary school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 203 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 27 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 44% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 81% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 52% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 81% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
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 Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 225 |
| 2023/24 | 215 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre compares
Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre ranked 31st of 75 primary schools in Nottingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66% | 6.6% | 37.8% | 203 | — |
| Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School | 53% | 6.5% | 26.8% | 422 | 0.3 miles |
| Middleton Primary and Nursery School | 57% | 4.4% | 11.3% | 668 | 0.4 miles |
| Radford Primary School Academy | 71% | 4% | 47.6% | 207 | 0.4 miles |
| Mellers Primary School | 73% | 7.3% | 47.3% | 450 | 0.6 miles |
| Berridge Primary and Nursery School | 69% | 7% | 32.6% | 624 | 0.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.76%
- English as an additional language
- 65.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.57%
- Persistent absence
- 16.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Middleton Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Radford Primary School Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Mellers Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Berridge Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre ranks 103rd of the 189 ranked primary schools in Nottingham.
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Albany Junior School Primary
- Aldercar Infant School Primary
- Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Primary
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primary
- Ambleside Primary School Primary
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre teach?
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre?
- The headteacher of Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre is Yolanda Salmeron, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre?
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre full?
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre has capacity for 210 pupils and 203 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre a faith school?
- No. Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre as having nursery classes.
- How have Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre rank locally?
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre ranked 31st of 75 primary schools in Nottingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre's absence rate?
- Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre'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.