Primary
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School
Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 258 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- TRANSFORM TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 27.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.4
- Pupils
- 283
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2025
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: not met
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
SATs results
20%
35 points below the Sutton-in-Ashfield average (55% across 12 schools)
99.0
4.6 below the Sutton-in-Ashfield average (103.6 across 12 schools)
12th of 12 by our score, among the primary schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield we can score - 13 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 97 |
| Average reading score | 99 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 20% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 24% |
| 24/25 | 20% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 99.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Nottinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sarah Griffith
- Address
- Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HT
- Telephone
- 01623553189