Ravenshead CofE Primary School

About Ravenshead CofE Primary School

Ravenshead CofE Primary School is a Church of England state primary in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, and it is clearly a popular choice among local families. For the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 90 applications for just 41 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.2. Of those 90 applications, 34 were first-preference choices, and all 34 of those first-preference families were offered a place. This suggests that while the school is oversubscribed overall, securing a spot as a first preference is a realistic prospect for families living nearby. The school has a nursery provision for children from age three, and its total capacity of 435 pupils currently accommodates 395 children, meaning there is some headroom in the numbers. With a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 7.5 per cent, the intake is broadly representative of a stable, mixed community.

Academically, Ravenshead performs solidly against local and national benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 65 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is above the Nottinghamshire local authority average of 61 per cent. The school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 105, exactly in line with the national average. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the expected standard in reading and maths individually, at 79 per cent each, while 74 per cent met the expected standard in writing. At the higher standard, 32 per cent of pupils achieved greater depth in reading, 28 per cent in maths, and 5 per cent in both writing and the combined measure. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2022, the school was rated Good across all categories, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, a consistent improvement from its previous Good rating in 2016.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a dining hall, art studios, gymnasium, playing fields, library, ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, rounders, cricket, dance and athletics, while extracurricular clubs include Eco Club, Science Club and Coding. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists a wide array of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Ravenshead is a good fit for families who value a Church of England ethos, want a primary school with strong core academic results and a full range of facilities, and are prepared to apply early given its oversubscribed status. Its ranking within Gedling places it 19th out of 32 primary schools, putting it in the top 60 per cent locally.

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