Forest Town Primary School
Forest Town Primary School, Clipstone Road West, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0ED
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Forest Town Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Dr Donna Chambers
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mansfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 359
- URN
- 130255
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Forest Town Primary School was a community primary school in Mansfield. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 359 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Forest Town Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 1996, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 56 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 73% | 49% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 9% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 75% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 79% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 68% | 49% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 106.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.10 | - | - |
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 Forest Town 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 | 46% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 49% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 395 |
| 2023/24 | 359 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Forest Town Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 20% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49% | 6% | 41.4% | 359 | — |
| Forest Town Primary School | — | 5.8% | 39.8% | 263 | 0.0 miles |
| Holly Primary School | 70% | 4.6% | 10.8% | 298 | 0.2 miles |
| Heatherley Primary School | 75% | 3.8% | 17.1% | 326 | 0.4 miles |
| Abbey Primary School | 72% | 3.4% | 19.1% | 459 | 0.4 miles |
| Asquith Primary School | 44% | 8.8% | 47.5% | 298 | 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.4%
- English as an additional language
- 21.7%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Forest Town Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Mansfield
-
Holly Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Mansfield
-
Heatherley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mansfield
-
Abbey Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mansfield
-
Asquith Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Mansfield
Other schools in Mansfield
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- Anthony Bek Community Primary School Primary
- Asquith Primary School Primary
- Berry Hill Primary School Primary
- Birklands Primary School Primary
- Blidworth Oaks Primary School Primary
- Brookfield Primary School Primary
- Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit Primary
- Crescent Primary School Primary
- Cuckney CofE Primary School Primary
- Eastlands Junior School (Welbeck Federation of Schools) Primary
- Farmilo Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Forest Town Primary School teach?
- Forest Town Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Mansfield.
- Has Forest Town Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Forest Town 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 Forest Town Primary School?
- Forest Town Primary School had 359 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Forest Town Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 49% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Forest Town Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Forest Town 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 31 December 2024.