Albany Junior School
Pasture Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG9 8HR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Goffin
- Constituency
- Broxtowe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 122546
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159176550
About this school
Albany Junior School is a community primary school in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 176 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Albany Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 54 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 50% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 4% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 63% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 65% | 44% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 70% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Albany Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 190 |
| 2023/24 | 181 |
| 2024/25 | 173 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Albany Junior School compares
Albany Junior School ranked 214th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 4% | 48% | 176 | — |
| Albany Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.2% | 31.9% | 156 | 0.1 miles |
| St John's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.3 miles |
| Wadsworth Fields Primary School | — | — | — | 282 | 0.4 miles |
| Fairfield Spencer Academy | 70% | 4.8% | 25.5% | 627 | 0.7 miles |
| William Lilley Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.5% | 27.8% | 130 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.98%
- English as an additional language
- 13.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.03%
- Persistent absence
- 6.56%
Location
Nearby schools
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Albany Infant and Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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St John's CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Wadsworth Fields Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Fairfield Spencer Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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William Lilley Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Albany Junior School ranks 187th of the 189 ranked primary schools in Nottingham.
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Aldercar Infant School Primary
- Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Primary
- All Hallows CofE Primary School Primary
- Ambleside Primary School Primary
- Annesley Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
- Arno Vale Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Albany Junior School teach?
- Albany Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Albany Junior School?
- The headteacher of Albany Junior School is Mrs Laura Goffin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Albany Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Albany Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Albany Junior School?
- Albany Junior School has 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Albany Junior School full?
- Albany Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 176 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Albany Junior School a faith school?
- No. Albany Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Albany Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Albany Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Albany Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Albany Junior School compare with other schools in Nottinghamshire?
- Albany Junior School ranked 214th of 226 primary schools in Nottinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 83% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Albany Junior School's absence rate?
- Albany Junior School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Albany Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Albany Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.