Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham

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

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders take a multi-pronged approach to securing high attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the curriculum across the school is well designed and delivered securely."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start to school life and overall they achieve well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school places a high emphasis on inclusion and meeting the needs of all pupils, particularly the most vulnerable."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders act with great integrity in all of their work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school follows a well-thought-out personal development programme that meets all statutory requirements."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Too few pupils are achieving the standards of which they are capable by the end of Year 6, as reflected in published outcomes."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should check that all staff implement the new teaching approaches for writing consistently, particularly in developing pupils' handwriting, to strengthen pupils' outcomes. • Leaders should ensure that pupils' learning is consistently highly ambitious and they have access to more challenging activities, enabling them to achieve as well as they can".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my pleasure to welcome you to Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School. We are a vibrant, happy and hard-working school community where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. Children, parents, staff and governors all work together to ensure our school continues to thrive and be the very best it can be."

The school runs a breakfast club from 6:75am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 3 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils at Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Nottinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (59% in reading, 63% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 115 named it as one of their preferences, for 51 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 Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School are The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 57% reading, 53% maths); The Florence Nightingale Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 73% maths); Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 65% maths); and Springbank Academy (1 mile, Good, 82% reading, 79% maths).

Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

72 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School (as of April 2026): 72% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 39% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (78%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (39%).

0.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Langley Mill Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Road (adjacent), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 167 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School issued 12 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School are Hall Park Academy (1.1 miles) and The Kimberley School (1.9 miles).