Cloudside Academy
Stanton Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5DE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Jodie Milson
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- L.E.A.D. Multi-Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 320
- Pupils on roll
- 261
- URN
- 144612
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159392263
About this school
Cloudside Academy is a primary academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 261 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. 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- 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 | 70 | 78 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 71% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 10% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 78% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 85% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Cloudside 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 269 |
| 2023/24 | 264 |
| 2024/25 | 263 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cloudside Academy compares
Cloudside Academy ranked 76th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 3.9% | 44.1% | 261 | — |
| Ladycross Infant School | — | 4.9% | 37.1% | 157 | 0.3 miles |
| William Lilley Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.5% | 27.8% | 130 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairfield Spencer Academy | 70% | 4.8% | 25.5% | 627 | 0.8 miles |
| Albany Junior School | 33% | 4% | 48% | 176 | 0.9 miles |
| Albany Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.2% | 31.9% | 156 | 1.0 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 report10 March 2026
- 11 January 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.11%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.9%
- Persistent absence
- 9.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ladycross Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
William Lilley Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Fairfield Spencer Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Albany Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Nottingham
-
Albany Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Cloudside Academy ranks 71st 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 Cloudside Academy teach?
- Cloudside Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Cloudside Academy?
- The headteacher of Cloudside Academy is Miss Jodie Milson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cloudside Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cloudside 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 Cloudside Academy?
- Cloudside Academy has 261 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Cloudside Academy full?
- Cloudside Academy has capacity for 320 pupils and 261 on roll (82%), 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 Cloudside Academy a faith school?
- No. Cloudside Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Cloudside Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cloudside Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Cloudside Academy?
- Cloudside Academy is part of L.E.A.D. ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cloudside Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cloudside Academy rank locally?
- Cloudside Academy ranked 76th of 246 primary schools in Derbyshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cloudside Academy's absence rate?
- Cloudside Academy's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cloudside Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cloudside 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 10 July 2026.