Sherwood Junior School is a primary school located in Mansfield. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's management effectiveness good, overall effectiveness, quality of education and outcomes for pupils requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/01/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in reading is below average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5%, which is 1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Sherwood Street, Mansfield

School Information

Address: Sherwood Street, Mansfield, NG20 0JT
Website: www.sherwood.notts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01623842545
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Nottinghamshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Helen Atkins
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 122501

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/01/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 7 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 240
Number of Pupils: 210
Number of Boys: 91
Number of Girls: 119

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.8% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -2.7 Confidence interval -4.3 to -1
Writing
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.3 to 1.7
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.7 Confidence interval -5.1 to -2.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:50%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:6%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sherwood Junior School
Sherwood Street , Warsop NG20 0JT 		2out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Birklands Primary School
Appleton Street , Warsop NG20 0QF 		3out of 4 519 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Hetts Lane Infant and Nursery School
Hetts Lane , Warsop NG20 0AS 		3out of 4 759 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit
Laurel Avenue , Church Warsop NG20 0TE 		3out of 4 1,910 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Netherfield Infant School (Welbeck Federation of Schools)
Netherfield Lane , Meden Vale NG20 9PA 		3out of 4 2,647 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Meden School
Burns Lane , Warsop NG20 0QN 		3out of 4 911 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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