Nottingham Academy

State-Funded School

nottingham-academy-nottingham-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamLocal Authority

Nottingham EastConstituency

NG3 7EBPostcode

0.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Nottingham Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 3–19, located in Nottingham, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,947 pupils. Nottingham Academy is part of GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 8 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 42.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 35.9%
EBacc average point score: 3.39

Ethnicity

White

29%

Asian

31%

Black

13%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,947

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 1,947
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Dec 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
6 Feb 2020	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.