The Milford Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Nottingham·NG11 9BT
Composite score
49.6
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National rank
#599
In East Midlands
#35
In Nottingham
Top 50%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Needs attention
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Needs attention

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
35 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.8620230.9220241.0020250.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Milford Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
451
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
13.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,856
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

The Milford Academy at a glance

Located in Nottingham, The Milford Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 451 pupils aged 3 to 11. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Milford Academy their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Milford Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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