Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

About Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School

If you're a parent considering Haggonfields Primary and Nursery School, the first thing you'll notice from the most recent Parent View survey is that 90% of respondents would recommend the school to other parents. That's a strong vote of confidence from the families already there. The survey, which ran from September 2024 to September 2025 and gathered 20 responses, shows particularly high satisfaction in areas like happiness and achievement: 55% of parents strongly agreed their child is happy, and another 55% strongly agreed their child does well at the school. On the practical side, 75% strongly agreed their child can take part in clubs and activities, and 95% either agreed or strongly agreed that the school offers a good range of subjects. The school was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 12 applications for 8 places and an oversubscription ratio of 1.5, meaning it's a popular choice locally despite its small size of just 93 pupils against a capacity of 175.

Academically, Haggonfields is a school in transition. Its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025 rated the overall effectiveness as 'Not judged' because it was a section 8 inspection, but the quality of education was graded as 'Requires improvement'. However, the other graded areas were more positive: behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management all received a 'Good' rating, and early years provision was also 'Good'. This marks a clear improvement from the previous graded inspection in 2019, which rated the school 'Inadequate' overall. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 31% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is well below the Nottinghamshire local authority average of 61%. The school ranks 42nd out of 44 primary schools in Bassetlaw on this measure, placing it in the bottom 50 nationally. Individual subject scores were mixed: 62% reached the expected standard in reading, 54% in writing, but only 31% in maths.

For families considering Haggonfields, the school offers a range of practical facilities including a Forest School, library, ICT suite, and an outdoor playground. There's also a chapel on site. Sports provision is solid with cricket, rounders, dance, swimming, cross country, gymnastics and athletics, and after-school clubs include gardening, coding, eco club, chess, choir and art club. The school has a nursery provision for children from age 3. For SEND, the school lists support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View data shows no responses from parents of SEND children, so it's hard to gauge how well that support works in practice. Given its small size and improving Ofsted picture, this school may suit families who value a close-knit community and are comfortable with a school that's still working on its academic outcomes.

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