Cantrell Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led in Nottingham, Nottingham.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 3 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 381 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 460 |
| Free school meals | 35.50% |
| Trust or sponsor | TRANSFORM TRUST |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Address | Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9HJ |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | https://www.cantrell.nottingham.sch.uk/ |
| Telephone | 01159155770 |
| URN | 151545 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 26 March 2024, published 22 May 2024:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Cantrell Primary and Nursery School, URN 122413).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 0.7 km)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Stanstead Flying High Academy (primary school, about 0.8 km)
- Crabtree Farm Primary School (primary school, about 1.1 km)
- Rufford Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Springfield Academy (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Westglade Primary School (primary school, about 1.2 km)
- Rise Park Primary and Nursery School (primary school, about 1.4 km)
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