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Academy sponsor led · Nottingham

Nottingham Academy

  • 3–19Ages
  • 1,947Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135881URN

Greenwood Road, Bakersfield, Nottingham, NG3 7EB · School website

This school is due to be replaced by The Wells Academy.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.7 below Nottingham median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottingham

197 applications for 169 places · 17th of 19 in Nottingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.9of 90
11th of 19 in Nottingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 8 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 14 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.2applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Nottingham median (1.8) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

197 applications · 169 places offered · 131 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.2; Nottingham median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.3; Nottingham median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.2; Nottingham median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; Nottingham median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.1; Nottingham median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.1; Nottingham median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.4; Nottingham median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.1; Nottingham median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.1; Nottingham median median 2.2
  10. 2017 1.1; Nottingham median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.2; Nottingham median median 2.2
  12. 2015 1.4; Nottingham median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.5; Nottingham median median 2.0
More applications per place than the Nottingham median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Nottingham median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.4 per place (48 applications for 34 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261691971.21310.78
Sep 20251311641.3960.73
Sep 20241481791.21090.74
Sep 20231501791.21220.81
Sep 20221772011.11210.68
Sep 20211761981.11120.64
Sep 20201662381.41190.72
Sep 20193003321.12070.69
Sep 20182823001.11990.71
Sep 20173313661.12370.72
Sep 20163223841.22560.80
Sep 20152904001.42510.87
Sep 20142763991.52580.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

271 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.911th of 19 in Nottingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%16th of 19 in Nottingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Nottingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.17
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27139.930%49%–
2024/2528742.136%56%–
2023/2427840.634%51%−0.17
2022/2324840.632%54%−0.59

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
135881 · 892/6907
Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
2,570 pupils · 1,947 on roll
Free school meals
43.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2009
Address
Greenwood Road, Bakersfield, Nottingham, NG3 7EB
Local authority
Nottingham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources