Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School

About Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School

Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School is a state primary in the Nottingham local authority, where it ranks 60th out of 74 schools of the same type. That places it in the bottom quarter of the LA, well behind the three top-performing peers: St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Edna G. Olds Academy and South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School. The school is oversubscribed, with 61 applications for 30 places in 2025/26 and 22 offers made to first-preference families from 23 first-preference applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.03. Headteacher Dean-Michael Crosby leads a mixed, non-religious school for children aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision on site. The school has capacity for 210 pupils but currently enrols 237, so it is running above its official capacity. A notably high proportion of pupils — 48.6 per cent — are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, reflecting the school's role in a community with significant socio-economic challenges.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, Edale Rise was rated Good across all five categories: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, as well as in early years provision. This continues the Good rating it held in its previous inspection in 2012. At Key Stage 2 in 2023/24, 48 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Nottingham LA average of 60 per cent. Reading and maths average scores were 102 and 101 respectively, both slightly below the national benchmark. A higher proportion of pupils reached the expected standard in writing (68 per cent) than in reading (56 per cent) or maths (56 per cent). However, the proportion reaching the higher standard was low: 20 per cent in reading, 12 per cent in maths, and none in writing or the combined measure. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 20 per cent of primaries on the combined expected standard metric.

The school offers a range of facilities including a library, forest school area, ICT suite, sensory room, gymnasium, sports hall and chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, gymnastics, netball and rounders, while clubs include art, chess and eco club. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School, 0.6 km away. Edale Rise is a good-fit choice for families in the local area who want a community-focused primary with strong pastoral and SEND support, but who are realistic about academic outcomes that sit below the LA average. The oversubscription suggests it remains popular locally despite its ranking position.

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