Schools in Ashfield
47 state-funded schools, 19,797 pupils. 86.7% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 2 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
2 schools have been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Ashfield?
Ashfield has 47 state-funded schools teaching 19,797 pupils. 38 primary, 7 secondary, 2 special.
What percentage of schools in Ashfield are Good or Outstanding?
86.7% of the 45 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Ashfield are rated Good or Outstanding: 2 Outstanding and 37 Good. 6 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Ashfield are rated Outstanding?
2 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Ashfield: Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School, Hucknall Flying High Academy.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Mapplewells Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary346Outstanding 2025
- Hucknall Flying High AcademyPrimary237Outstanding 2024
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 38 | 36 | 91.7% |
| Secondary | 7 | 7 | 57.1% |
| Special | 2 | 2 | 100% |
Every school in Ashfield
Showing 20 of 47 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashfield Comprehensive School | Secondary | 2,584 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Quarrydale Academy | Secondary | 1,277 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Holgate Academy | Secondary | 1,187 | Requires Improvement2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The National CofE Academy | Secondary | 1,125 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Selston High School | Secondary | 877 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Sutton Community Academy | Secondary | 800 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Outwood Academy Kirkby | Secondary | 546 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hillside Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 472 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Morven Park Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 460 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy | Primary | 448 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 435 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Beardall Fields Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 433 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 426 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School | Primary | 418 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Kirkby Woodhouse School | Primary | 405 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Croft Primary School | Primary | 386 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Holgate Primary and Nursery School Grade inherited from previous URN 140616 | Primary | 365 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 359 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Leen Mills Primary School | Primary | 350 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Orchard Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 348 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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