Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery
Abbey Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7NZ
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Jevons-Newman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 322
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- URN
- 136006
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery was a community primary school in Nottingham. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 250 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2010, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 20% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 30% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 40% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 96.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - |
| Writing progress | +4.50 | - |
| Maths progress | +4.90 | - |
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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery 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 | 62% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 20% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 254 |
| 2023/24 | 250 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.7% | 74% | 250 | — |
| Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery | 48% | 8% | 76% | 218 | 0.0 miles |
| Morven Park Primary and Nursery School | 59% | 4.8% | 43.5% | 435 | 0.3 miles |
| Kingsway Primary School | 76% | 6.2% | 41.9% | 252 | 0.6 miles |
| The West Park Academy | 68% | 6% | 44.3% | 240 | 0.9 miles |
| Greenwood Primary and Nursery School | 73% | 4.7% | 29.6% | 445 | 1.2 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)
- 74%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.7%
- Persistent absence
- 29.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Morven Park Primary and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Kingsway Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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The West Park Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Greenwood Primary and Nursery School1.2 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery teach?
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Nottingham.
- Has Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery 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 Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery?
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery had 250 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 20% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery'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 10 July 2024.