The Milford Academy, Nottingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The Milford Academy creates a warm, welcoming environment where pupils feel safe, valued and genuinely enjoy learning. Staff are committed to supporting families and providing enrichment experiences that broaden pupils' horizons. The school has a strong focus on pastoral care and helping pupils manage their emotions, particularly those facing additional barriers.
Key Strengths
- Strong personal development programme with leadership opportunities and cultural enrichment visits
- Responsive pastoral support that helps disadvantaged pupils feel settled and ready to learn
- Calm, respectful behaviour across the school with pupils feeling safe and trusted
- Broad and ambitious curriculum that builds logically over time
- Positive relationships with families and strong engagement with parents
Areas for Improvement
- Pupil progress varies significantly, especially for disadvantaged pupils and those with gaps in reading and mathematics
- Attendance remains too low with persistent absenteeism continuing to be a concern
- Teaching quality is inconsistent, with errors in pupils' work sometimes going unnoticed
- Leadership capacity reduced due to staffing changes, limiting school improvement efforts
- Pupils with special educational needs remain over-represented in suspension figures
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and acted upon.
Extracurricular Activities
Leadership opportunities, enrichment visits, Milford Memories experiences, action rhymes, story sharing
The Milford Academy is a school with a positive culture and strong pastoral support, but faces significant challenges with pupil progress, attendance, and consistent implementation of curriculum across all areas.
At a Glance
34.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 83%. Maths has improved from 75% to 86%. Writing has remained stable at around 75%.
Class Sizes
28.9
Avg class size
27.7
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
15
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
430 pupils
488 capacity
58 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Nottingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Nottingham
Admissions Demand - Nottingham
Places available
3,024
Applications
3,023
Got 1st preference
95.2%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Nottingham (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.20371%
Overall absence
17.67956%
Persistent absence
362
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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