St Ann's Well Academy

St Ann’s Well Academy is performing well overall, continuing to be recognized as a good school. The school is noted for cultivating a nurturing and inclusive environment where relationships are prioritized. Students feel safe, happy, and engaged in their learning, demonstrating resilience and a positive attitude. The curriculum is particularly strong in early reading and mathematics, with pupils developing into confident learners and readers. However, there are some areas that need attention, particularly in the foundation subjects, where knowledge recall is not fully secure due to the early implementation of certain curriculums.

Strengths

• Nurturing and inclusive environment.
• High aspirations for all pupils, including disadvantaged students.
• Strong focus on early reading and phonics.
• Ambitious and well-developed mathematics curriculum.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes and high engagement in lessons.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Strong understanding of equality and diversity among pupils.
• Staff well-being and professional development are prioritized.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in pupils' knowledge recall in some foundation subjects.
• Some staff do not consistently check pupils' understanding or address misconceptions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Ann's Well Academy attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at St Ann's Well Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Ann's Well Academy had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.5% of pupils at St Ann's Well Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Ann's Well Academy received £9,035 and spent £8,412 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £73,000 (£349 per pupil).

Across all 27 schools of L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, income was £8,020 and spending £8,028 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Nottingham · Nottingham local authority: places and applications

St Ann's Well Academy is part of L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Sycamore Academy Nottingham
• Huntingdon Academy Nottingham
• Hogarth Academy Nottingham
• Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham
• Radford Primary School Academy Nottingham
• Edna G. Olds Academy Nottingham
• Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham
• Warren Primary Academy Nottingham
• The Glapton Academy Nottingham
• Cloudside Academy Nottingham

What is St Ann's Well Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Ann's Well Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was St Ann's Well Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

St Ann's Well Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does St Ann's Well Academy have?

St Ann's Well Academy has 220 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Ann's Well Academy cover?

St Ann's Well Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Ann's Well Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Ann's Well Academy?

St Ann's Well Academy is at Hungerhill Road, St Ann's, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG3 3PQ.