Nottingham Academy

All-through · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Nottingham

Greenwood Road, Nottingham, NG3 7EB

Website 01157483380

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Requires improvement

Graded 14/11/2023

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

90.8%

28.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,947

Capacity used

Has space

76%

2,570 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

34 of 34 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

Total applications

1.2

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	34	34	● 100%
2nd preference	5	1	● 20%
3rd preference	3	0	● 0%
4th preference	1	0	● 0%
Total	43	35	81%

1st preference success by year

100%

2020

100%

2021

100%

2022

100%

2023

100%

2024

100%

2025

Nottingham lets families list 4 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: All-through
Age range: 3–19
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Jessie Elbaz Andrew Staszkiewicz
Address: Greenwood Road, Nottingham, NG3 7EB
Phone: 01157483380
Local authority: Nottingham
Ward / constituency: Dales · Nottingham East
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 135881

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	44%	—	—
English as additional language	44%	—	—
SEN support	10%	—	—

50% boys (983)50% girls (964)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST

1,947 pupils · 2,570 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

21 April 2026

S5 Inspection · report card

Inclusion	Expected standard
Achievement	Expected standard
Safeguarding standards	Met
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour	Expected standard
Leadership and governance	Expected standard
Early years	Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Expected standard

14 November 2023

Full graded inspection

Requires improvement overall effectiveness

Sixth form	Good
Early years	Good
Personal development	Good
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective	Yes
Behaviour and attitudes	Requires improvement
Leadership and management	Requires improvement

Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 2,036 pupils

Attendance

90.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

9.2%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

28.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

3.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

4.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

19%

20/21

28%

21/22

33%

22/23

31%

23/24

29%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	51%	—	—
Higher standard	5%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	40.6	—	—
Progress 8 score	-0.17	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	34%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	51%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.26	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	24.35	—	—

Average grade: D+ (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard47%

-15% vs England

Higher standard5%

-3% vs England

Reading

Expected standard60%

-15% vs England

Higher standard12%

-21% vs England

Average score101

-5 vs England

Writing

Expected standard60%

-12% vs England

Greater depth7%

-6% vs England

Maths

Expected standard71%

-3% vs England

Higher standard13%

-13% vs England

Average score102

-3 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard72%

-1% vs England

Higher standard33%

+3% vs England

Average score105

+0 vs England

Science

Expected standard79%

-3% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	47%	61%
Higher standard	5%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	42.1	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	35.9%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	56.1%	65%
Entering EBacc	5.9%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.39	4.1
Pupils in cohort	287	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.56

Other pupils

+0.18

Low prior attainers

+0.18

Middle prior attainers

-0.39

High prior attainers

-0.15

Girls

-0.03

Boys

-0.29

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	23.17	35
Average grade	D+	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	0%	17%
A-level students	48	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	286	17%	44%	63%
English Language	286	11%	42%	62%
Statistics	282	4%	26%	50%
English Literature	281	8%	39%	62%
Combined Science	219	6%	26%	44%
History	89	10%	28%	47%
Art and Design	71	7%	48%	70%
Biology	66	30%	67%	82%
Physics	64	27%	59%	77%
Geography	61	5%	43%	52%
Chemistry	57	39%	77%	88%
Spanish	53	38%	58%	66%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Biology	19	0%	11%	21%
Chemistry	18	0%	0%	11%
Mathematics	15	0%	0%	13%
Photography	12	0%	0%	25%
Psychology	11	0%	9%	55%
Sociology	8	0%	0%	25%
History	5	0%	0%	0%
Physics	5	0%	0%	0%
English Literature	5	0%	0%	0%
Fine Art	2	0%	0%	0%
Mathematics (Further)	1	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 17577: Nottingham Academy

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	0
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	56%	—	—
Apprenticeships	2%	—	—
Any education or training	69%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Nottingham council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.