Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School

Nottingham · NG3 5HS

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 414 pupils, 31.4% FSM

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Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School

General Information

Address: Querneby Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 5HS – View on map
Phone: 01159150045
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Emma Beardah
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 27 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 27 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

414 pupils out of 459 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 122
% eligible for free school meals: 31.4%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Nottingham average)
English as an additional language: 44% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 12.8% a year (Nottingham 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 64% moved to another school, 36% 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.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Nottingham: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 14 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (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 Nottingham, 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: 5.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 15.5%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 20.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 24 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 14 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2017 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the Nottingham average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 59% against an expected 59%)
3-year average (expected standard): 59%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 73% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
Based on: 51 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

This schoolNottingham averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Nottingham average (61%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 39th of 73 junior and primary schools in the area

=36Greenfields Community School62%
=39Seely Primary School61%
=39Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School61%
=41Claremont Primary and Nursery School60%
=41Southwark Primary School60%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Huntingdon Academy93%
#2St Teresa's Catholic Primary School90%
#3Edna G. Olds Academy86%
#4Welbeck Primary School84%
#5Haydn Primary School82%
=6South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School80%
=6St Mary's Catholic Primary School80%
#8Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School77%
=9Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School76%
=9Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy76%
=11Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School75%
=11Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy75%
#13Hogarth Academy74%
=14Highbank Primary and Nursery School73%
=14Mellers Primary School73%
=14Southglade Primary and Nursery School73%
#17The Glapton Academy72%
=18Radford Primary School Academy71%
=18The Milford Academy71%
#20Rise Park Primary and Nursery School70%
=21Berridge Primary and Nursery School69%
=21Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School69%
=21Glenbrook Spencer Academy69%
=21Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School69%
=21Scotholme Primary and Nursery School69%
=26Djanogly Northgate Academy67%
=26Robin Hood Primary School67%
=26Westglade Primary School67%
=29Fernwood Primary School66%
=29Firbeck Academy66%
=29Hempshill Hall Primary School66%
=29Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre66%
=29Whitegate Primary and Nursery School66%
=34Melbury Primary School63%
=34St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School63%
=36Djanogly Sherwood Academy62%
=36Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School62%
=36Greenfields Community School62%
=39Seely Primary School61%
=39Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School61%
=41Claremont Primary and Nursery School60%
=41Southwark Primary School60%
=43Ambleside Primary School58%
=43Portland Spencer Academy58%
=45Middleton Primary and Nursery School57%
=45Old Basford School57%
=47Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School56%
=47Henry Whipple Primary School56%
=49Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School55%
=49Carrington Primary and Nursery School55%
=49Crabtree Farm Primary School55%
=49St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School55%
=53St Ann's Well Academy54%
=53Stanstead Flying High Academy54%
=53William Booth Primary and Nursery School54%
=56Burford Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Victoria Primary School53%
#60Springfield Academy52%
=61Bluecoat Primary Academy51%
=61Sycamore Academy51%
=63Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School49%
=63Rufford Primary and Nursery School49%
=63Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)49%
#66Nottingham Academy47%
#67Heathfield Primary and Nursery School46%
#68Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy42%
=69Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy41%
=69St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy41%
#71Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School36%
#72Djanogly Strelley Academy34%
#73Dovecote Primary and Nursery School27%

View full Ofsted inspection report

50th of 57 primary schools in Nottingham for Ofsted rating

#48Sycamore AcademyGood
#49The Glapton AcademyGood
#50Walter Halls Primary and Early Years SchoolGood
#51Welbeck Primary SchoolGood
#52Westglade Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolOutstanding
#2Edna G. Olds AcademyOutstanding
#3Portland Spencer AcademyOutstanding
#4Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Berridge Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#6Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#7Bluecoat Primary AcademyGood
#8Brocklewood Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#9Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#10Carrington Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#11Claremont Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#12Crabtree Farm Primary SchoolGood
#13Djanogly Northgate AcademyGood
#14Djanogly Sherwood AcademyGood
#15Dunkirk Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#16Edale Rise Primary & Nursery SchoolGood
#17Fernwood Primary SchoolGood
#18Firbeck AcademyGood
#19Forest Fields Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#20Glade Hill Primary & Nursery SchoolGood
#21Glenbrook Spencer AcademyGood
#22Greenfields Community SchoolGood
#23Heathfield Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#24Henry Whipple Primary SchoolGood
#25Highbank Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#26Hogarth AcademyGood
#27Jubilee L.E.A.D. AcademyGood
#28Melbury Primary SchoolGood
#29Mellers Primary SchoolGood
#30Middleton Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#31Old Basford SchoolGood
#32Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary AcademyGood
#33Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#34Radford Primary School AcademyGood
#35Robin Hood Primary SchoolGood
#36Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#37Rufford Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#38Scotholme Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#39Seely Primary SchoolGood
#40South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary SchoolGood
#41Southglade Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#42Southwark Primary SchoolGood
#43St Ann's Well AcademyGood
#44St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyGood
#45St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#46St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#47Stanstead Flying High AcademyGood
#48Sycamore AcademyGood
#49The Glapton AcademyGood
#50Walter Halls Primary and Early Years SchoolGood
#51Welbeck Primary SchoolGood
#52Westglade Primary SchoolGood
#53Whitegate Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#54Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)Good
#55Windmill L.E.A.D. AcademyGood
#56Bluecoat Bentinck Primary AcademyRequires improvement
#57Cantrell Primary and Nursery SchoolInadequate

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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