Best Primary Schools in Retford

We checked all 17 primary schools in Retford, Nottinghamshire, and list every one: 16 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
17
Ranked
16
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Retford. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Nottinghamshire. Nottinghamshire also has rankings for Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark, Worksop, Sutton-in-Ashfield and all of Nottinghamshire.

Ranked primary schools in Retford

  1. 1

    Ranskill Primary School

    Academy, 147 pupils, inspected October 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    33%

  2. 2

    Leverton Church of England Academy

    Academy, 76 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    13%

  3. 3

    St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 224 pupils, inspected March 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    13%

  4. 4

    Bracken Lane Primary Academy

    Academy, 233 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    14%

  5. 5

    Ranby CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 108 pupils, inspected December 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    0%

  6. 6

    Thrumpton Primary Academy

    Academy, 223 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    4%

  7. 7

    Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School

    Academy, 110 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    0%

  8. 8

    Clarborough Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 205 pupils, inspected December 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    59%
    Higher standard
    4%

  9. 9

    Sturton CofE Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 100 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

  10. 10

    Sutton-Cum-Lound CofE School

    Local authority maintained, 96 pupils, inspected March 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    38%
    Higher standard
    0%

  11. 11

    Ordsall Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 576 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    1%

  12. 12

    North Wheatley Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 123 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    5%

  13. 13

    Elkesley Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 103 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    30%
    Higher standard
    0%

  14. 14

    Carr Hill Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 308 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    21%
    Higher standard
    0%

  15. 15

    St Swithun's Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy, 92 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention
    Expected standard
    17%
    Higher standard
    8%

  16. 16

    Rampton Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 74 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    36%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Retford without a rank