Asquith Primary School, Mansfield

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Asquith Primary School on 7 areas: 1 expected standard and 6 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Expected standard. "Most children enter the early years with low starting points in communication and language, physical development and personal, social and emotional skills."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes over time have been below national levels."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise that pupils' attendance rates are not as high as they need to be and that further improvement is still required."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Recent improvements to how the curriculum is taught and assessed are not yet fully developed."

Inclusion - Needs attention. "Although staff know pupils well, the school does not yet have a consistent approach to identifying and assessing pupils' individual needs, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "Leaders recognise and have begun to take action to address weaknesses in the school's provision for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "The personal development and wellbeing programme and offer is broad."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills are identified and addressed quickly, providing suitable adaptations for pupils who face barriers to learning. They should also support staff to use appropriate resources, materials and activities so that the aims of the curriculum are realised and pupils recall more of what they are taught"; "Leaders should continue to raise aspirations for what pupils can and should achieve so that pupils' achievement, including in published outcomes, improves further"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching helps pupils to develop effective learning habits, increasing their independence and motivation. They should also support pupils to build their resilience and continue to persevere, even when they find work challenging"; "Leaders should continue to tackle weak attendance systematically and build on improving trends so that all pupils attend school regularly"; "Leaders should strengthen the sequencing and coordination of the personal development and wellbeing programme so that pupils are supported to recall and apply this with increased confidence. Leaders should also track participation and develop a more systematic understanding of each pupil's needs so that the offer is precisely matched to pupils' needs"; "Leaders, including governors, should build on the school's recent improvements and strategic direction, working in partnership with staff, parents and carers to further strengthen collaboration to support these improved systems and approaches".

From the headteacher's welcome: "You should find everything you need to know about our school on this site. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and inclusive school that works hard to meet the needs of all our children. We strive to engage our children in learning in a fun and interactive way to ensure that they all make good progress and attain highly."

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am.

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Asquith Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 60% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Nottinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 74% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Asquith Primary School as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Asquith Primary School are Mansfield Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 63% reading, 73% maths); Abbey Primary School (0.5 miles, 82% reading, 80% maths); King Edward Primary School & Nursery (0.7 miles, 58% reading, 60% maths); and Wynndale Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths).

Asquith Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

18 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Asquith Primary School (as of April 2026): 61% would recommend the school, 72% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (72%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

44.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 36.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Black (9%) and Asian (7%).

In 2026, 100 pupils (33.6%) received SEN support and 7 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Asquith Primary School had 22 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Mansfield Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Carter Lane (adjacent), 80 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 470 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Asquith Primary School issued 18 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Asquith Primary School are Sherwood Church Academy (0.4 miles) and The Brunts Academy (0.8 miles).