Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School is a state-funded primary school in Gedling, East Midlands, for pupils aged 7 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 184 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 198.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (20 Mar 2025). 53% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Good
Based on 20 Mar 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Leadership & management | Good |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
| Leadership & management | Good |
Ungraded inspection · 20 Mar 2025: Standards maintained
Published 13 Jun 2013.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
Historic last-offered distances · straight-line distance; past offers are not admission boundaries or predictions.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Nottinghamshire |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 53% | 2% | — |
| Reading | 67% | 9% | 102 |
| Writing | 72% | 5% | — |
| Maths | 66% | 5% | 101 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
20 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 4.61% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 2.36% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 90.2% |
| White other | 0% |
| Mixed | 3.2% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
| Black | 3.2% |
| Other | 2.2% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
41% would recommend this school
51 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 67% |
| Feels safe | 83% |
| Well behaved pupils | 63% |
| Bullying dealt with | 22% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 28% |
| Concerns dealt with | 49% |
| SEND support | 50% |
| High expectations | 59% |
| Child does well | 75% |
| Progress updates | 51% |
| Subject range | 63% |
| Clubs & activities | 86% |
| Personal development | 41% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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