Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School
Barker Avenue, Skegby, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 3FQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jayne Renshaw
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 122488
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01623462449
About this school
Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School is a community primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 177 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Healdswood Infants' and Nursery 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 218 |
| 2023/24 | 207 |
| 2024/25 | 198 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.3% | 49.4% | 177 | — |
| Skegby Junior Academy | 59% | 5.3% | 56.2% | 192 | 0.4 miles |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School | 71% | 4.5% | 16.4% | 353 | 0.8 miles |
| Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School | 20% | 7.2% | 46.2% | 258 | 1.0 miles |
| St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School | 47% | 5.7% | 19.8% | 205 | 1.2 miles |
| Priestsic Primary and Nursery School | 42% | 6.1% | 43.5% | 425 | 1.3 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
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 16 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.35%
- English as an additional language
- 9.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.26%
- Persistent absence
- 24.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Skegby Junior Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
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Priestsic Primary and Nursery School1.3 miles
Primary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
Other schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Croft Primary School Primary
- Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Forest Glade Primary 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 year groups does Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School teach?
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School is Mrs Jayne Renshaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Healdswood Infants' and Nursery 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 big is Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School?
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School has 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School full?
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School has capacity for 180 pupils and 177 on roll (98%), 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 Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What is Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.