Nottingham Academy
Greenwood Road, Nottingham, NG3 7EB
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Co Headteacher Jessie Elbaz Andrew Staszkiewicz
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Greenwood Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Nottingham East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,570
- Pupils on roll
- 1,947
- URN
- 135881
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01157483380
About this school
Nottingham Academy is an all-through academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 1,947 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- 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 | 108 | 110 | 104 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 51% | 47% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 65% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 71% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 80% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 248 | 278 | 287 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.6 | 40.6 | 42.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.59 -0.78 to -0.40 | -0.17 -0.34 to +0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 33.5% | 35.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 51.4% | 56.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 5.8% | 5.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Nottingham Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 47% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.6 | 38.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.6 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.1 | 38.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2,263 |
| 2023/24 | 2,188 |
| 2024/25 | 2,121 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nottingham Academy compares
Nottingham Academy ranked 11th of 18 secondary schools in Nottingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.1 | 9.2% | 44.9% | 1,947 | — |
| Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School | — | 6.4% | 48.6% | 231 | 0.5 miles |
| Parkdale Primary School | — | 4.9% | 20.4% | 452 | 0.6 miles |
| Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy | — | 7.1% | 43.4% | 460 | 0.6 miles |
| Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy | — | — | — | 196 | 0.7 miles |
| Standhill Infants' School | — | 6.2% | 14.2% | 111 | 0.7 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
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 14 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.93%
- English as an additional language
- 44.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.15%
- Persistent absence
- 28.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Parkdale Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Colwick St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Standhill Infants' School0.7 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Nottingham Academy ranks 179th of the 189 ranked primary schools in Nottingham, and Nottingham Academy ranks 31st of the 42 ranked secondary schools in Nottingham.
- Pinxton Nursery School Nursery
- The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre Nursery
- Abbey Gates Primary School Primary
- Abbey Hill Primary & Nursery Primary
- Abbey Road Primary School Primary
- Albany Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Albany Junior 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Nottingham Academy teach?
- Nottingham Academy teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is an all-through school in Nottingham.
- Who is the principal of Nottingham Academy?
- The principal of Nottingham Academy is Co Headteacher Jessie Elbaz Andrew Staszkiewicz, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nottingham Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nottingham Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Nottingham Academy?
- Nottingham Academy has 1,947 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Nottingham Academy full?
- Nottingham Academy has capacity for 2,570 pupils and 1,947 on roll (76%), 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 Nottingham Academy a faith school?
- No. Nottingham Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Nottingham Academy a selective school?
- No. Nottingham Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Nottingham Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Nottingham Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Nottingham Academy?
- Nottingham Academy is part of GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Nottingham Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 47% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nottingham Academy rank locally?
- Nottingham Academy ranked 11th of 18 secondary schools in Nottingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 46% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Nottingham Academy's absence rate?
- Nottingham Academy's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nottingham Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nottingham Academy'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.