The West Park Academy, Nottingham

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades The West Park Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well from their starting points, particularly in the early years."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders use clear systems to monitor attendance and identify concerns."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well sequenced and helps pupils build knowledge and skills over time across subjects."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum responds well to children's starting points and helps them develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for future learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Every pupil feels valued and supported because staff know pupils well and understand their individual needs."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear understanding of the school's strengths and areas for continued development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a caring and inclusive culture, where pupils feel valued, supported and safe."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to strengthen attendance strategies, particularly for pupils who are persistently absent, so that attendance improves further and more pupils benefit fully from being in school"; "Leaders should refine assessment and feedback practices further, particularly in the wider curriculum, so that teachers identify and address gaps in pupils' knowledge more consistently and pupils remember more over time"; "Leaders should strengthen the implementation and evaluation of the personal development curriculum, so that pupils develop a deeper understanding of different faiths and protected characteristics and can recall this learning more securely".

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £1.50 per day.

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at The West Park Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Nottinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 90% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put The West Park Academy as their first choice and 43 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to The West Park Academy are Orchard Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, Good, 70% reading, 63% maths); Greenwood Primary and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 85% maths); Morven Park Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good, 74% reading, 72% maths); and Kingsway Primary School (0.8 miles, 90% reading, 88% maths).

The West Park Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The West Park Academy is one of 8 schools run by The Forge Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 37 pupils (15.4%) received SEN support and 2 (0.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Kirkby in Ashfield Rail Station, about 250 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Forster Street (opposite), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The West Park Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 175 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The West Park Academy issued 14 suspensions, 5.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to The West Park Academy are Outwood Academy Kirkby (0.5 miles), Ashfield Comprehensive School (0.9 miles) and Sutton Community Academy (1.6 miles).