Nottingham Academy

Nottingham · NG3 7EB

General information All-through School · 3-19 years Who goes here 1947 pupils, 43.9% FSM

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Nottingham Academy

General Information

Address: Greenwood Road, Nottingham, NG3 7EB – View on map
Phone: 01157483380
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Co Headteacher Jessie Elbaz Andrew Staszkiewicz
Age range: 3-19 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 131 families put it first for 169 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 4 of the 169 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 7 · 2025 7 · 2026 8
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 34 families put it first for 34 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 34 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

1947 pupils out of 2570 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 790
% eligible for free school meals: 43.9%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Nottingham average)
English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 16.7% a year (Nottingham 18.9%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Nottingham: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 38 (1.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 3
Suspensions for bullying: 27 (1.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 24 (1.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary schools in Nottingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 9.2%
Persistently absent pupils: 28.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 12.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 88 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 48 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 40 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 31 pupils
Hearing impairment: 11 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Physical disability: 4 pupils
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Early years Strong standard
Sixth form (post-16) Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

SecondaryGCSE results, Year 11

Attainment 8 score: 42.1
Compared with the area: 2.0 points below the Nottingham average (44.1)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (−3.2 points against an expected 45.3)
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 56% (Nottingham 61%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolNottingham averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 2.0 points below the Nottingham average (44.1).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

10th of 16 all-through schools in Nottingham for Attainment 8

#8The Wells Academy43.1
#9Park Vale Academy42.8
#10Nottingham Academy42.1
#11Nottingham University Samworth Academy40.5
#12Farnborough Spencer Academy38.9

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy55.3
#2Fernwood School53.8
#3Nottingham Free School51.5
#4Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology51.1
#5Bluecoat Wollaton Academy49.4
#6Bluecoat Aspley Academy48.6
#7Nottingham Girls' Academy47.7
#8The Wells Academy43.1
#9Park Vale Academy42.8
#10Nottingham Academy42.1
#11Nottingham University Samworth Academy40.5
#12Farnborough Spencer Academy38.9
#13Djanogly City Academy38.0
#14Ellis Guilford School37.1
#15The Bulwell Academy36.1
#16Bluecoat Beechdale Academy34.0

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 86.0%
Went into further education: 83.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

Maths (General)
English Language
Statistics
English Literature
Science Double Award
History
Biology
Physics (General)
Geography
Chemistry (General)
Spanish
Art & Design
Psychology (General)
Photography
Religious Studies
Urdu
Italian
Arabic
Turkish
Polish
Portuguese
Chinese
French Language
Bengali
Greek

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

PrimaryYear 6 SATs results

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 14 percentage points below the Nottingham average (61%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 50% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 60% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 72%
Average test scores: reading 101, maths 102
Based on: 104 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

Year 6 SATs: 66th of 73 junior and primary schools in the area

=63Rufford Primary and Nursery School49%
=63Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)49%
#66Nottingham Academy47%
#67Heathfield Primary and Nursery School46%
#68Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy42%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Huntingdon Academy93%
#2St Teresa's Catholic Primary School90%
#3Edna G. Olds Academy86%
#4Welbeck Primary School84%
#5Haydn Primary School82%
=6South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School80%
=6St Mary's Catholic Primary School80%
#8Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School77%
=9Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School76%
=9Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy76%
=11Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School75%
=11Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy75%
#13Hogarth Academy74%
=14Highbank Primary and Nursery School73%
=14Mellers Primary School73%
=14Southglade Primary and Nursery School73%
#17The Glapton Academy72%
=18Radford Primary School Academy71%
=18The Milford Academy71%
#20Rise Park Primary and Nursery School70%
=21Berridge Primary and Nursery School69%
=21Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School69%
=21Glenbrook Spencer Academy69%
=21Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School69%
=21Scotholme Primary and Nursery School69%
=26Djanogly Northgate Academy67%
=26Robin Hood Primary School67%
=26Westglade Primary School67%
=29Fernwood Primary School66%
=29Firbeck Academy66%
=29Hempshill Hall Primary School66%
=29Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre66%
=29Whitegate Primary and Nursery School66%
=34Melbury Primary School63%
=34St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School63%
=36Djanogly Sherwood Academy62%
=36Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School62%
=36Greenfields Community School62%
=39Seely Primary School61%
=39Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School61%
=41Claremont Primary and Nursery School60%
=41Southwark Primary School60%
=43Ambleside Primary School58%
=43Portland Spencer Academy58%
=45Middleton Primary and Nursery School57%
=45Old Basford School57%
=47Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School56%
=47Henry Whipple Primary School56%
=49Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School55%
=49Carrington Primary and Nursery School55%
=49Crabtree Farm Primary School55%
=49St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School55%
=53St Ann's Well Academy54%
=53Stanstead Flying High Academy54%
=53William Booth Primary and Nursery School54%
=56Burford Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School53%
=56Victoria Primary School53%
#60Springfield Academy52%
=61Bluecoat Primary Academy51%
=61Sycamore Academy51%
=63Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School49%
=63Rufford Primary and Nursery School49%
=63Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)49%
#66Nottingham Academy47%
#67Heathfield Primary and Nursery School46%
#68Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy42%
=69Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy41%
=69St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy41%
#71Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School36%
#72Djanogly Strelley Academy34%
#73Dovecote Primary and Nursery School27%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,686 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

9th of 17 all-through schools in Nottingham for spending per pupil

#7Djanogly City Academy£8,181
#8Nottingham Girls' Academy£8,120
#9Nottingham Academy£7,686
#10Nottingham Free School£7,652
#11Bluecoat Beechdale Academy£7,629

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1The Bulwell Academy£10,245
#2Ellis Guilford School£9,337
#3Farnborough Spencer Academy£8,865
#4The Wells Academy£8,441
#5Nottingham University Samworth Academy£8,329
#6Park Vale Academy£8,308
#7Djanogly City Academy£8,181
#8Nottingham Girls' Academy£8,120
#9Nottingham Academy£7,686
#10Nottingham Free School£7,652
#11Bluecoat Beechdale Academy£7,629
#12Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology£7,303
#13Bluecoat Aspley Academy£7,202
#14Bluecoat Wollaton Academy£7,086
#15Fernwood School£7,048
#16The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy£7,032
#17Bluecoat Trent Academy£6,234

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Behaviour

Across Nottingham: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Year 6 SATs ranking

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered