Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils at Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 73% and 73% in Nottingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (59% in reading, 60% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 57 families put Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 58 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School are Scotholme Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles, Good, 87% reading, 76% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 90% reading, 93% maths); Djanogly Sherwood Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths); and Djanogly Northgate Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 69% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School.

38.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 91.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (54%), Black (9%) and Mixed (5%).

In 2026, 142 pupils (23.5%) received SEN support and 18 (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.

Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School had 38 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Beaconsfield Street Tram Stop, about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ewart Road, 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 867 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottingham (391), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School issued 38 suspensions, 5.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School are Djanogly City Academy (0.3 miles), Bluecoat Trent Academy (0.5 miles), Nottingham Free School (0.7 miles) and Ellis Guilford School (1.2 miles).