Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy

Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Nottingham, Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 226 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 41% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 6.8%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 51% 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. If you are considering Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.