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Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School, Worksop

Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Worksop, part of Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust. Its 2024 Key Stage 2 results were the 19th-highest of the 20 schools in Worksop with published results, and 13,603rd of 13,912 across England. It was 49% full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
Below England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Nottinghamshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School in detail

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "A warm welcome from the pupils, staff and governors of Haggonfields Primary School. At the heart of our village, Haggonfields is a vibrant and caring school community where every child is valued, nurtured and encouraged to succeed. Our culture is built upon strong relationships, supportive families and a shared commitment to our core values of Community, Respect and Pride ."

The school runs a breakfast club.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2024, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 31% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Nottinghamshire and 76% and 74% across England.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

For September 2026 entry, 7 families put Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 10 named it as one of their preferences, for 7 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School are St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary School (1 mile, Good, 86% reading, 81% maths); Redlands Primary and Nursery School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, 54% reading, 68% maths); Norbridge Academy (1.2 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 80% maths); and St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 83% reading, 100% maths).

St Luke's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolRedlands Primary and Nursery SchoolNorbridge AcademySt Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School

The trust

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is one of 24 schools run by Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

All 24 schools in Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust

What parents say

20 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

Who goes there

40.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 24 pupils (27.9%) received SEN support and 1 (1.2%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Shireoaks Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Haggonfields School (outside), 60 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 48 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School issued 1 suspension, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Colette Boness
Pupils:86
LA:Nottinghamshire
Phone:01909473992
Address:Marjorie Street, Rhodesia, Worksop, S80 3HP
Trust:DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (24 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 February 2020

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 7 January 2025View full report

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in February 2020. Before that, as Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School (URN 122604), it was rated Inadequate in January 2019.

URN:147634
UKPRN:10085408
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Bassetlaw
Urban/Rural:Urban: Further from a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Haggonfields has created a warm, safe environment where pupils are happy and behave well. The school has made impressive progress in reading and maths, with enthusiastic teaching and quality resources. Staff are committed and go above and beyond for pupils, and the school encourages children to be ambitious and believe in themselves.

Key Strengths

  • Strong focus on reading with quality book selection and effective phonics teaching
  • Significant improvements in mathematics with new curriculum and staff training
  • Well-developed early years provision with sharp focus on communication skills
  • Positive behaviour and calm, orderly atmosphere with the 'Haggonfields Way'
  • Good leadership and governance with effective challenge and support from the trust

Areas for Improvement

  • Pupils' writing skills are weak - insecure knowledge of spelling, grammar and punctuation limits quality of written work
  • Support for pupils with SEND is inconsistent - curriculum adaptations are not always effective or appropriate
  • New curriculum improvements are not fully embedded yet with some variability in how subjects are taught
  • Pupils have not yet achieved deep understanding in all subjects due to recent curriculum changes
  • Staff lack expertise in teaching writing effectively and adapting curriculum for SEND pupils

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective with strong processes in place that put pupils' interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Football club, multi-skills club, art club, djembe drums, ukulele lessons, residential visit to Whitby, trips to space centre, school councillor roles, litter picker roles, mobile librarian roles

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School requires improvement in the quality of education, though the school is now settled with committed leadership after several years of instability. Pupils feel safe, happy and well cared for, with good behaviour and positive attitudes across the school.

At a Glance

40.7%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

20 responses
Would recommend90%
Child is happy95%
Child does well100%
High expectations80%
Feels safe90%
Well behaved80%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)33%
Kept informed95%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)88%
Wider development90%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2023/24

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

Reading62%
Maths31%
Writing54%

2023/24 academic year

Class Sizes

15.0

Avg class size

14.5

Infant (KS1)

23.0

KS2

4

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school. Source: Free breakfast clubs: schools on the programme, Department for Education Free breakfast clubs in Nottinghamshire

Term dates

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Nottinghamshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Haggonfields School (o/s)
61m · 1 min walk
Chapel (o/s)
176m · 3 min walk
Mable Street (S-bound)
180m · 3 min walk
Tylden Road (SW-bound)
335m · 5 min walk
Tranker Lane (opp)
460m · 7 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot.

2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

49%

Available places

81 pupils

165 places

84 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Worksop

Medium pressure
New homes approved:1,613
Projected new pupils:403

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Worksop

Across Nottinghamshire council

Low demand council-wide0.75 applications per place

Places available

10,513

Applications

7,912

Got 1st preference

99.1%

Got preferred school

99.7%

All primary applications across Nottinghamshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History

7 January 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

24

SEN Support

1

EHC Plans

29.1%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health10
Moderate Learning Difficulty6
Autistic Spectrum Disorder5
Speech, Language & Communication3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
77.9%
Asian
1.2%
Black
11.6%
Mixed
3.5%
Unclassified
1.2%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals40.7%
English as Additional Language7.0%

86

Total Pupils

46

Boys

40

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

5

Teachers

17.2:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£43,178

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£7,000

Per pupil

£693k

Total funding

£50k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£82,928
EAL funding£4,262
Lump sum£145,025

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.1%

Overall absence

24.0%

Persistent absence

75

Enrolments

Authorised4.8%
Unauthorised2.4%
Persistent (10%+)24.0%
Severe (50%+)1.3%

Absence trend

7.4%
20/21
10.6%
21/22
9.1%
22/23
7.0%
23/24
7.1%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

What are SATs results like at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Of the pupils at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School who took the 2024 Key Stage 2 assessments, 62% reached the expected standard in reading and 31% did so in maths.

What is Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in February 2020. Before that, as Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School (URN 122604), it was rated Inadequate in January 2019.

What is the catchment area for Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

No fixed boundary. When Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is oversubscribed, Nottinghamshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School was not full in 2025: it ran at 49% of its 165 places.

How big are the classes at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Classes at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School average 15 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School has around 86 pupils on roll. 41% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

7.1% of sessions were missed at Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School in 2024/25. 24% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Apply through Nottinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is on the Department for Education's free breakfast clubs programme (list updated July 2026), which pays for a free breakfast club for pupils before school.

How many road collisions happen near Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt: 1 on foot. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School?

Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School is at Marjorie Street, Rhodesia, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3HP.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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