Bleasby Church of England Primary School
About Bleasby Church of England Primary School
Bleasby Church of England Primary School is a state primary in Nottinghamshire, sitting within the Newark and Sherwood borough. In the local authority’s rankings for KS2 reading, writing and maths combined at the expected standard, it places 7th out of 32 schools, putting it in the top 25% of its type locally. The top-performing peers in the same LA include John Blow Primary School, Harworth CofE Academy and Bunny CofE Primary School. With 135 pupils on roll against a capacity of 157, the school is comfortably sized but clearly popular: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 41 applications for 19 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2. 16, and made 18 offers to first-preference families. The school has a Church of England religious character and is led by headteacher Russyn Cast. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2023, confirmed it remains Good, though the previous graded inspection in 2019 rated it Good overall, with Good marks for leadership, management and early years provision.
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- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
28 Feb 2023Latest monitoring visit (28 Feb 2023): School remains Good
Source: Ofsted, 29 Apr 2019. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:50 – 15:30
Source: bleasbyprimary.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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