Fountaindale School is a mixed academy in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 95 pupils aged 3 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in May 2025. In 2024–2025, 0% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Fountaindale School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Early yearsGood
Sixth formGood
Academy First Section 5 · Inspected 13 May 2025 · Published 19 Jun 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Fountaindale School.

Fountaindale School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

August 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 25 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day
  • 2–30 Autumn Term
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Autumn Term
  • 20–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Autumn Term
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year’s Day
  • 5–31 Spring Term
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–28 Spring Term
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 23 Inset Day
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–27 Spring Term
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13–30 Summer Term
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Term
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Summer Term
  • 3 Inset Day
  • 27–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Sep 2, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - Jul 24, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 27, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
  • New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
0% Expected standard at KS2 England 62%
58.1% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Fountaindale School with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 0% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 0%
Nottinghamshire County Council 64% England 62% -62 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 7
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 4 Pupils in the year group

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 4
Attendance 58.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 58.1%
Nottinghamshire County Council 16.6% England 17.8% +40.4 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 14.8%
Nottinghamshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +8 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Fountaindale School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other nearby schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Fountaindale School than to any other school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.