Woodland View Primary and Nursery School, Sutton-in-Ashfield

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is a pleasure to welcome you to Woodland View, a friendly and ambitious school at the heart of Huthwaite. We are proud to serve our community and to provide a nurturing environment where every child is known, valued and encouraged to flourish. At Woodland View, we believe education is about developing the whole child."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, basketball, badminton and maths club.

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Woodland View Primary and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 54% 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 62% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Woodland View Primary and Nursery School as their first choice and 48 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 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 Woodland View Primary and Nursery School are Huthwaite All Saints Church of England Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles); St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School (1 mile, Good, 57% reading, 67% maths); Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 89% maths); and Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School (1.3 miles, 44% reading, 38% maths).

Woodland View Primary and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Woodland View Primary and Nursery School is one of 27 schools run by Transform Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Sutton Parkway Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Portland Heights (adjacent), 370 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 61 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).

In 2024/25, Woodland View Primary and Nursery School issued 9 suspensions, 2.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.