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Horsendale Primary School

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Academy converter in Nottingham, NG16 1AP, taking ages 5 to 11, 205 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Sep 2024
1.558 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
98% Full
56.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Horsendale Primary School lived 1.558 miles away, according to Nottinghamshire. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close on 15 January 2027, with offers on 16 April 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.

The circle is 1.558 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.

This is not a catchment area. Most English schools do not have one. When Horsendale Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived. 1.558 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 205 pupils in 210 places (98% full)
TrustFLYING HIGH TRUST
Local authorityNottinghamshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 15 September 2024
Meeting the expected standard 56.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 56.0%
2023/24 67.0%
2022/23 70.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Horsendale Primary School

Girls and boys48.3% girls, 51.7% boys
English as an additional language12.2% of pupils
Free school meals11.2% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Horsendale Primary School

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school →

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.558 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is NG6 at £152,000; the dearest, NG8, £230,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
NG6 Nottingham 1.5 mi £152,000 138 sales
NG8 Nottingham 1.5 mi £230,000 61 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Horsendale Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around NG16: ages, selection, and how full each one is →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report measures the distance from every nearby school to one address, alongside sold prices, flood risk, crime and the other checks on the same house.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Horsendale Primary School?

Horsendale Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.558 miles away, per Nottinghamshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Horsendale Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.558 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 98% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Horsendale Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Nottinghamshire school's distance

All Nottinghamshire schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
How school admissions actually work, and what the distance means →

Admission distance published by Nottinghamshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Horsendale Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Larkfields Infant School Primary 1.77 mi 2025/26 1.1 mi
Hollywell Primary School Primary 0.34 mi 2025/26 2.1 mi
Hucknall Flying High Academy Primary 0.18 mi 2025/26 2.3 mi
Gilthill Primary School Primary 0.69 mi 2025/26 2.5 mi
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School Primary 2.8 mi 2025/26 3.0 mi
Trowell CofE Primary School Primary 4.08 mi 2025/26 3.3 mi