The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold
Academy converter · Primary
Nottingham · NG5 4LT · Nottinghamshire
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 122525
Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Nottingham · NG3 5LD
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
347
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 347 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 5.7%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 122525
Location
- Address
- Central Avenue, Mapperley
- Postcode
- NG3 5LD
- Town
- Nottingham
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- District
- Gedling
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 347
- Boys / girls
- 170 / 177
- School capacity
- 315
- Capacity fill
- 347 / 315 (110%)
- Free school meals
- 5.7%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Summers
- Telephone
- 01159649360