Asquith Primary School

About Asquith Primary School

Asquith Primary School sits within the Nottinghamshire local authority, a large county with 286 primary schools. In the Mansfield area specifically, it ranks 17th out of 27 primary schools, placing it in the bottom half of local peers. The top-performing schools nearby include John Blow Primary School, Harworth CofE Academy, and Bunny CofE Primary School, all of which score significantly higher on the same ranking metric. Asquith’s ranking score of 59 puts it in the bottom 50% nationally, and it sits 135th out of 286 primaries across the wider Nottinghamshire authority. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Crescent Primary School, about 3.9 kilometres away. For families comparing options within Mansfield, Asquith is a mid-to-lower ranked choice, though its local context matters: the school serves a community with a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals, at 46.6%, well above the national average.

Academically, Asquith’s most recent Key Stage 2 results, from the 2023/24 academic year, show 59% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined. This is just below the Nottinghamshire local authority average of 61%. Only 3% of pupils achieved the higher standard in all three subjects. In individual subjects, reading and maths both saw 74% of pupils meeting the expected standard, while writing was slightly lower at 72%. Average scores were 104 in reading and 102 in maths. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in March 2023, rated it Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2013. The inspection report noted that quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management all require improvement, though personal development was judged Good. Early years provision also requires improvement. Progress scores were not published for the most recent data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school offers a range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, a dining hall, forest school provision, and a chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, rounders, dance, cross country, netball, and gymnastics, while clubs extend to coding, eco club, film club, chess, and choir. Asquith has a nursery provision for children aged three and above. Its SEND provisions are broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school was oversubscribed: 27 first-preference applications were made for 27 total places, with 53 total applications overall, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.96. This suggests strong local demand despite the Requires Improvement rating. Asquith may suit families who value a broad range of extracurricular activities and SEND support, and who are comfortable with a school that is actively working on improvement following its recent inspection.

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