The Carlton Infant Academy

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

GedlingConstituency

NG4 1QSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Carlton Infant Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–7, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 182 pupils. The Carlton Infant Academy is part of REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 17 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

12%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

182

Total Pupils

42%Boys

58%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 182
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 22 April 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 May 2012	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.