Normanton-on-Soar Primary School
Main Street, Normanton-on-Soar, Loughborough, LE12 5HB
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Normanton-On-Soar Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Philpott
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 83
- Pupils on roll
- 61
- URN
- 122661
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Normanton-on-Soar Primary School was a community primary school in Loughborough. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 61 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Normanton-on-Soar Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 |
Trends over time
How Normanton-on-Soar 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48 |
| 2023/24 | 61 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Normanton-on-Soar Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 96% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 88% | 8% | 5.8% | 61 | — |
| Normanton-On-Soar Primary School | — | 6.3% | 4.8% | 54 | 0.0 miles |
| Hathern Church of England Primary School | 74% | 4.6% | 15.9% | 180 | 1.0 miles |
| Sutton Bonington Primary School | 75% | 3.7% | 11.8% | 160 | 1.0 miles |
| Robert Bakewell Primary School | 29% | 6.2% | 36.6% | 307 | 1.5 miles |
| Stonebow Primary School Loughborough | 56% | 7.6% | 16.1% | 199 | 1.7 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.8%
- English as an additional language
- 6.6%
- Overall absence
- 8%
- Persistent absence
- 26.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Normanton-On-Soar Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Hathern Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Sutton Bonington Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Robert Bakewell Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Stonebow Primary School Loughborough1.7 miles
Primary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
- Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School Primary
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Primary
- Costock CofE Primary School Primary
- Hathern Church of England Primary School Primary
- Highgate Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Normanton-on-Soar Primary School teach?
- Normanton-on-Soar Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Loughborough.
- Has Normanton-on-Soar Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Normanton-on-Soar Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Normanton-on-Soar Primary School?
- Normanton-on-Soar Primary School had 61 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Normanton-on-Soar Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Normanton-on-Soar 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 September 2024.