Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Burntstump Hill, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PQ – View on map
- Phone: 01159632833
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Annable
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 7 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 20
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.3%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (more mixed than the Gedling average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 22.3% a year (Gedling 15.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 81% moved to another school, 19% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Nottinghamshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 12 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Nottinghamshire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 25.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 18.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Gedling average (68%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 89% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 9 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 21st of 32 junior and primary schools in the area
- #19Hawthorne Primary and Nursery School70%
- #20Willow Farm Primary School68%
- #21Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy67%
- #22All Hallows CofE Primary School65%
- =23Richard Bonington Primary and Nursery School63%
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4th of 21 primary schools in Gedling for Ofsted rating
- #2Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #3Arnold View Primary SchoolGood
- #4Burntstump Seely CofE Primary AcademyGood
- #5Burton Joyce Primary SchoolGood
- #6Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,149 (2024-25)
2nd of 27 primary schools in Gedling for spending per pupil
- #1Newstead Primary and Nursery School£8,816
- #2Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy£8,149
- #3Arnbrook Primary School£8,025
- #4Warren Primary Academy£7,692
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