The Milford Academy

The Milford Academy showcases a strong commitment to safeguarding and personal development, promoting a positive culture among its pupils. They provide various opportunities for engagement and personal growth, and staff offer responsive support, particularly to disadvantaged pupils. However, the school faces challenges in ensuring consistent progress across all areas, particularly for disadvantaged students and those with special educational needs. Attendance rates are below expectations, and persistent absenteeism remains a critical concern that the school is actively addressing.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture that ensures pupil safety and well-being.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning and school life.
• Effective pastoral support, especially for disadvantaged pupils.
• Broad and purposeful personal development program.
• Pupils are offered various leadership opportunities and enrichment experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent pupil progress, particularly for disadvantaged pupils.
• Low overall attendance rates and persistent absenteeism.
• Gaps in foundational knowledge in essential subjects.
• Variation in the quality of teaching and curriculum adaptations.
• Leadership struggles due to reduced capacity and additional teaching responsibilities.

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 The Milford Academy attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.7% 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, 0.9% of pupils at The Milford 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 The Milford Academy had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 1.0% 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, 9.5% of pupils at The Milford Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 6 pupils.

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 The Milford Academy received £7,110 and spent £6,856 for each of its 436 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £294,000 (£674 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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What is The Milford Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Milford Academy is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was The Milford Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Milford Academy was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does The Milford Academy have?

The Milford Academy has 430 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Milford Academy cover?

The Milford Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are The Milford Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Milford Academy?

The Milford Academy is at Dungannon Road, Clifton Estate, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG11 9BT.