Cloudside Academy

Cloudside Academy demonstrates a strong standard of educational provision, with effective leadership fostering an inclusive culture for all students, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities. Safeguarding measures are robust, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued within the school environment. The curriculum is well-structured and designed to meet the diverse needs of pupils, enabling them to achieve above national averages in reading and writing, while supporting disadvantaged students effectively to access a full range of educational opportunities.

Strengths

• Established an inclusive culture supporting vulnerable pupils
• Effective systems for assessing and addressing barriers to learning
• High quality of teaching with secure subject knowledge
• Strong focus on personal development and wellbeing
• Ambitious leaders with high aspirations for all pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not always choose the most effective teaching strategies
• Ongoing need to improve consistent positive behavior choices among pupils

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 Cloudside Academy attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Cloudside 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 Cloudside Academy had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.8% 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, 19.9% of pupils at Cloudside Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Cloudside Academy received £8,052 and spent £7,275 for each of its 263 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£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 · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

Cloudside Academy is part of L.E.A.D. Academy Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham
• The Glapton Academy Nottingham
• Radford Primary School Academy Nottingham
• Edna G. Olds Academy Nottingham
• Huntingdon Academy Nottingham
• Da Vinci Academy Derby
• Sycamore Academy Nottingham
• Noel-Baker Academy Derby
• St Ann's Well Academy Nottingham
• Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy Nottingham

What is Cloudside Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cloudside Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Cloudside Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Cloudside Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Cloudside Academy have?

Cloudside Academy has 261 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cloudside Academy cover?

Cloudside Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Cloudside Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cloudside Academy?

Cloudside Academy is at Stanton Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 5DE.