Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School
Kenbrook Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 8HY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Katherine Collins
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 433
- URN
- 122584
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159638845
About this school
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 433 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
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 58 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 74% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 84% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 90% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 84% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.80 | - | - |
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 Beardall Fields Primary 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 | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 457 |
| 2023/24 | 440 |
| 2024/25 | 433 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School compares
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School ranked 76th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 4% | 21% | 433 | — |
| Leen Mills Primary School | 49% | 4.2% | 22.3% | 342 | 0.3 miles |
| Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy | 64% | 3.5% | 10% | 230 | 0.3 miles |
| Hucknall National Church of England Primary School | 70% | 4.9% | 23.7% | 411 | 0.6 miles |
| Broomhill Junior School | 66% | 5.7% | 52.7% | 276 | 0.9 miles |
| Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.3% | 31.4% | 238 | 1.0 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 report6 January 2026
- 6 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.96%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.01%
- Persistent absence
- 8.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Leen Mills Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Hucknall
-
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Broomhill Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School ranks 66th 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School is Miss Katherine Collins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beardall Fields Primary 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School?
- Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School has 433 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School full?
- Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 420 pupils and 433 on roll (103%), so it is at or above 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 Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School ranked 76th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery 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.