Nottingham Academy
About the school
Nottingham Academy is an open all-through school in Nottingham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 21 April 2026
- Published
- 8 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
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
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 42.1
- Nottingham
- 43
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Nottingham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 35.90%
- Nottingham
- 39.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 56.10%
- Nottingham
- 59.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 5.90%
- Nottingham
- 26.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.39
- Nottingham
- 3.73
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- D+
Average A-level points
- School
- 23.17
AAB or better
- School
- 0.00%
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 47%
- Nottingham
- 61%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 5%
- Nottingham
- 6%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Nottingham
- 72%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- Nottingham
- 71%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Nottingham
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 72%
- Nottingham
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 33%
- Nottingham
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Nottingham
- 81%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- Nottingham
- 104
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 102
- Nottingham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Nottingham
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
2121
Girls
50.17%
Boys
49.83%
SEN support
10.75%
Education, health and care plan
1.04%
English as an additional language
44.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
44.93%
Overall absence
9.15
Persistent absence
28.63
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
248
Sustained education or employment
86%
Education
83%
Apprenticeship
Less than 0.5%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
8%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
89
Sustained education or employment
76%
Higher education
49%
Further education
6%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
16%