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John T Rice Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Nottinghamshire

Braemar Road, Mansfield, NG19 0LL

Website 01623465588

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.2%

9.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

188

Capacity used

Over capacity

125%

150 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

46 of 46 families who put it first got an offer

46

Places offered

84

Total applications

1.8

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference4646● 100%
2nd preference190● 0%
3rd preference130● 0%
4th preference60● 0%
Total844655%

1st preference success by year

91%
2020
96%
2021
100%
2022
96%
2023
84%
2024
100%
2025

Nottinghamshire lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Shelley Bennett
Address
Braemar Road, Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0LL
Phone
01623465588
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Ward / constituency
Newlands Forest Town · Mansfield
Area
Urban: Further from a major town or city
URN
122452

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals24%——
English as additional language7%——
SEN support11%——
47% boys (89)53% girls (99)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

188 pupils · 150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 23

    14 December 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 100 pupils

Attendance

95.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

9.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
18%
21/22
14%
22/23
11%
23/24
9%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Nottinghamshire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.