Orston Primary School
Church Street, Orston, Nottingham, NG13 9NS
This school is closed (it closed in March 2026).
It was replaced by Orston Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Nikki Crosby
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 164
- URN
- 122668
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
About this school
Orston Primary School was a community primary school in Nottingham. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 164 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Orston Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 23 | 25 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 68% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 12% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 88% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | 96% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 109.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Orston 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 | 83% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 160 |
| 2023/24 | 151 |
| 2024/25 | 154 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Orston Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 3.8% | 9.7% | 164 | — |
| Orston Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.0 miles |
| Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy | 83% | 2.7% | 13.7% | 189 | 2.0 miles |
| Bottesford Church of England Primary School | 76% | 5% | 15.8% | 199 | 2.6 miles |
| Carnarvon Primary School | 74% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 430 | 3.5 miles |
| Flintham Primary School | 69% | 5.1% | 23.7% | 56 | 3.6 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)
- 9.74%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.79%
- Persistent absence
- 6.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Orston Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy2.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Bottesford Church of England Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Carnarvon Primary School3.5 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Flintham Primary School3.6 miles
Primary · Newark
Other 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 ages does Orston Primary School teach?
- Orston Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Nottingham.
- Has Orston Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Orston 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 Orston Primary School?
- Orston Primary School had 164 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Orston Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Orston Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Orston 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.