Cloudside Academy, Nottingham

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Cloudside Academy on 6 areas: 1 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a fully inclusive culture throughout the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders adopt a tenacious approach to managing attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Since the last inspection, leaders have developed an ambitious and logically ordered curriculum."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "School and trust leaders have high aspirations for all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the personal development and wellbeing of pupils."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should build on existing good practice in teaching. They should further develop and refine teachers' expertise so they consistently make informed and precise pedagogical choices to secure the best outcomes for pupils"; "Leaders should continue their work to ensure that all pupils understand how to consistently make positive behaviour choices without being reminded of these".

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £3.00 per session.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Cloudside Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 73% in Derbyshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (83% in reading, 78% in maths).

Across Derbyshire, 95% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Derbyshire lodged 161 appeals against primary school offers; 108 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (12% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Cloudside Academy are Ladycross Infant School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement); William Lilley Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good); Fairfield Spencer Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 84% reading, 81% maths); and Albany Junior School (0.9 miles, Good, 64% reading, 44% maths).

Cloudside Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Cloudside Academy is one of 27 schools run by L.e.a.d. Academy Trust, an academy trust.

34 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cloudside Academy (as of April 2026): 77% would recommend the school, 74% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (82%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

47.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Tram Park & Ride, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stanton Road (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 142 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Derbyshire (50), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cloudside Academy issued 6 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Cloudside Academy are Friesland School (0.7 miles) and George Spencer Academy (1.1 miles).