The Milford Academy
Dungannon Road, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, NG11 9BT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE MILFORD ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Mr Joseph Turner
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Nottingham South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 488
- Pupils on roll
- 430
- URN
- 138741
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159152951
About this school
The Milford Academy is a primary academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 430 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Needs attention
- 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 | 60 | 60 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 62% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 68% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 75% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 70% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 The Milford 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 | 58% | 55.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 57.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 471 |
| 2023/24 | 459 |
| 2024/25 | 451 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Milford Academy compares
The Milford Academy ranked 20th of 75 primary schools in Nottingham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 6.2% | 36.8% | 430 | — |
| Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School | 75% | 4.9% | 23% | 253 | 0.1 miles |
| Highbank Primary and Nursery School | 73% | 6.4% | 47% | 250 | 0.4 miles |
| Whitegate Primary and Nursery School | 66% | 5.5% | 44.8% | 424 | 0.4 miles |
| The Glapton Academy | 72% | 5% | 26.9% | 325 | 0.6 miles |
| Dovecote Primary and Nursery School | 27% | 7.4% | 48.6% | 288 | 0.9 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)
- 36.75%
- English as an additional language
- 13.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.2%
- Persistent absence
- 17.68%
Location
Nearby schools
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Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Highbank Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Whitegate Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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The Glapton Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
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Dovecote Primary and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
The Milford Academy ranks 68th 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
- 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
- Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy Primary
- Arnbrook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Milford Academy teach?
- The Milford Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of The Milford Academy?
- The headteacher of The Milford Academy is Mr Joseph Turner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Milford Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Milford 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 The Milford Academy?
- The Milford Academy has 430 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is The Milford Academy full?
- The Milford Academy has capacity for 488 pupils and 430 on roll (88%), 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 The Milford Academy a faith school?
- No. The Milford Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does The Milford Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Milford Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs The Milford Academy?
- The Milford Academy is part of THE MILFORD ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Milford Academy have?
- The schools register lists The Milford Academy's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Milford Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Milford Academy rank locally?
- The Milford Academy ranked 20th of 75 primary schools in Nottingham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Milford Academy's absence rate?
- The Milford Academy's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Milford Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Milford 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 7 July 2026.