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The Milford Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 430Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 138741URN

Dungannon Road, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, NG11 9BT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Nottingham median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Nottingham

73 applications for 41 places · 32nd of 72 in Nottingham
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 16 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 6 Needs attention
  2. 30 June 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
close to Nottingham median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

73 applications · 41 places offered · 35 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Nottingham median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Nottingham median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.6; Nottingham median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.7; Nottingham median median 1.8
  5. 2022 1.7; Nottingham median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.6; Nottingham median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.6; Nottingham median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.7; Nottingham median median 2.1
  9. 2018 2.1; Nottingham median median 2.3
  10. 2017 2.3; Nottingham median median 2.3
  11. 2016 2.2; Nottingham median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.1; Nottingham median median 2.2
  13. 2014 1.6; Nottingham median median 2.2
More applications per place than the Nottingham median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Nottingham median

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 202641731.8350.85
Sep 202543751.7431.00
Sep 202452841.6480.92
Sep 202352871.7450.87
Sep 202247801.7460.98
Sep 202149791.6450.92
Sep 202060941.6590.98
Sep 201958971.7581.00
Sep 2018601232.1590.98
Sep 2017601352.3601.00
Sep 2016601302.2601.00
Sep 2015601242.1641.07
Sep 201456911.6510.91

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 75% · Maths 86% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%19th of 73 in Nottingham
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard31%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard75%
Greater depth5%
Maths
Expected standard86%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Nottingham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%3%106107
2023/2462%0%103102
2022/2358%0%103103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
138741 · 892/2906
Trust
The Milford Academy
Capacity
488 pupils · 430 on roll
Free school meals
34.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Milford Primary School (URN 122711)
Address
Dungannon Road, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, NG11 9BT
Local authority
Nottingham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources