How close do I need to live to get into Orston Primary School?

7.975 miles was enough in 2025/26, which makes it the best evidence available rather than a promise about next year. The distance moves every year with the number of applications.

How much does it cost to live within reach of Orston Primary School?

Of the postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 7.975 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, the cheapest by median sold price is NG24 at £171,000 and the dearest is NG13 at £265,000, from HM Land Registry sales.

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Orston Primary School

Q: What is the catchment area for Orston Primary School?

It does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, when it is oversubscribed it offers places outward from the school until they run out. The furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 7.975 miles away, according to Nottinghamshire.

Academy converter in Nottingham, NG13 9NS, taking ages 5 to 11.

Good Ofsted, Mar 2023

7.975 mi Admitted from, 2025/26

Will an address get in?

In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Orston Primary School lived 7.975 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 7.975 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 Orston 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. 7.975 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.

What kind of school this is

Religious character	No religious character
Sixth form	Does not have a sixth form
Trust	EQUALS TRUST
Local authority	Nottinghamshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

What it costs to live within reach of Orston Primary School

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

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 7.975 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is NG24 at £171,000; the dearest, NG13, £265,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

District	Area	From the school	Median sold price
NG24	Newark and Sherwood	7.7 mi	£171,000 148 sales
NG13	Rushcliffe	2.5 mi	£265,000 38 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 Orston Primary School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around NG13: 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 Orston Primary School?

Orston 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 7.975 miles away, per Nottinghamshire.

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

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 7.975 miles was enough in 2025/26. 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 Orston 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.