The Green Flying High Academy
13 New Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, DE55 2BS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FLYING HIGH TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Jess Smith
- Sponsor
- Flying High Trust
- Constituency
- Bolsover
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 156
- URN
- 146784
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773811465
About this school
The Green Flying High Academy is a primary academy in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 156 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Green Flying High 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 89 |
| 2023/24 | 113 |
| 2024/25 | 134 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Green Flying High Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 30.6% | 156 | — |
| Glebe Junior School | — | — | — | 365 | 0.3 miles |
| The Brigg Infant School | — | — | — | 131 | 0.4 miles |
| Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School | 67% | 4.4% | 47.3% | 122 | 1.0 miles |
| John King Infant Academy | — | 6.2% | 42.9% | 90 | 1.4 miles |
| Westhouses Primary School | 58% | 4% | 31.3% | 83 | 1.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.6%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 5.75%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Glebe Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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The Brigg Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Alfreton
-
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Alfreton
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John King Infant Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Pinxton
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Westhouses Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Alfreton
Other schools in Alfreton
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Morton Primary Academy Primary
- Newton Primary School Primary
- Riddings Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Riddings Junior School Primary
- Shirland Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Green Flying High Academy teach?
- The Green Flying High Academy teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of The Green Flying High Academy?
- The headteacher of The Green Flying High Academy is Miss Jess Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Green Flying High Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Green Flying High 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 Green Flying High Academy?
- The Green Flying High Academy has 156 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is The Green Flying High Academy full?
- The Green Flying High Academy has capacity for 180 pupils and 156 on roll (87%), 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 Green Flying High Academy a faith school?
- No. The Green Flying High Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does The Green Flying High Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Green Flying High Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Green Flying High Academy?
- The Green Flying High Academy is part of FLYING HIGH TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is The Green Flying High Academy's absence rate?
- The Green Flying High Academy's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does The Green Flying High Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Green Flying High Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.