Burnside Grove, Tollerton, Nottingham NG12 4ET
10 reasons to choose Tollerton Primary School
Top line
Tollerton Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Nottingham and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Tollerton Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 5 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 12 members of Equals Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
Tollerton Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Tollerton Primary School ranks in the top 27% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress. Most pupils go on to South Wolds Academy at the end of Year 6.
The Tollerton Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, philosophy, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Tollerton Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Tollerton Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.50am to 3.30pm though after school clubs may extend the day to 4.45pm.
Find another school near Tollerton Primary School
Plumtree School (1 mile); St Joseph’s School, Nottingham (5.6 miles); Hollygirt Junior School (5.9 miles).
Willow Brook Primary School (2.6 miles); Pierrepont Gamston Primary School (2.7 miles); St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School, West Bridgford (3.1 miles).
Hollygirt School (5.9 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High School GDST (6.1 miles); Nottingham High School (6.3 miles).
Rushcliffe School (2.6 miles); The West Bridgford School (3.2 miles); The Becket School (3.8 miles).