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Mellers Primary School

URN
122481
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Mellers Primary School
URN
122481
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

79 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

70

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

84

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of primary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#12 of 61 schools in Nottingham

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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  • Alternative schools
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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Mellers Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Mellers Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
19 January 2023
Inspection date
29 November 2022
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

60

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

85

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

59

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.42×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Nottingham
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Nottingham)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
mellersprimary.co.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

84.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

78.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

73.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

NG7 3HJ - Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Norton Street, Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Postcode
NG7 3HJ
Phone
1159151796
Website
mellersprimary.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Nottingham
Local authority code
892

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 298 schools in Nottingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

298

Open schools

118

Closed schools

179

Primary schools

181

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 19 January 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 January 202329 November 2022S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 19 January 2023
    • Good

      Published
      19 January 2023
      Inspected
      29 November 2022
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    69.4%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 57

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary181 (61.8%)
    • Secondary49 (16.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other63 (21.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre328 mNurseryOpen
    Radford Primary School Academy333 mPrimaryOpen
    Radford Primary School333 mPrimaryClosed
    Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy352 mPrimaryOpen
    Bentinck Primary and Nursery School353 mPrimaryClosed
    Croft Nursery School533 mNurseryClosed
    Douglas Primary and Nursery School546 mPrimaryClosed
    Fig Tree Primary School558 mNot applicableOpen
    Unity Academy598 mNot applicableOpen
    Unity Primary and Nursery School598 mPrimaryClosed
    • The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre
      Distance
      328 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open
    • Radford Primary School Academy
      Distance
      333 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Radford Primary School
      Distance
      333 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy
      Distance
      352 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Nottingham)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Ambleside Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimaryNG8 5PNClosed
    Ambleside Primary SchoolPrimaryNG8 5PNClosed
    Ambleside Primary SchoolPrimaryNG8 5PNClosed
    Ambleside Primary SchoolPrimaryNG8 5PNOpen
    Arkwright Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimaryNG2 2JEClosed
    • Ambleside Infant and Nursery School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG8 5PN
      Status
      Closed
    • Ambleside Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG8 5PN
      Status
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    • Ambleside Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG8 5PN
      Status
      Closed
    • Ambleside Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      NG8 5PN
      Status
      Open
    • Arkwright Primary and Nursery School
    Bentinck Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    353 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Croft Nursery School
    Distance
    533 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Closed
  • Douglas Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    546 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Fig Tree Primary School
    Distance
    558 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Unity Academy
    Distance
    598 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Unity Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    598 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    NG2 2JE
    Status
    Closed