The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Nottingham, NG5 4LT
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School
Central Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 5LD
Local ranking58th of 266 primary schools in Nottinghamshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 74.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 340
- Boys
- 166 (49%)
- Girls
- 174 (51%)
- Capacity
- 315 (108% full)
- SEND
- 8.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.5%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 7.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,586/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.7%
- Mixed Other: 4.8%
- Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Asian Chinese: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Black Other: 2.1%
70.7%
White British
4.8%
Mixed Other
3.6%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Central Avenue
Nottingham, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 122525
- UKPRN
- 10072470
- Establishment No.
- 2228
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