Langley Mill Academy

Langley Mill Academy is a friendly, caring and inclusive junior school where pupils feel happy, safe and valued. Inspectors found strong relationships, positive behaviour and an ambitious curriculum, with personal development standing out as exceptional. The school has improved since its previous inspection, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Pupils benefit from a reading-rich environment, strong subject knowledge among teachers, careful identification of SEND and a wide range of enriching experiences and leadership opportunities. Staff workload and well-being are well considered, and trustees know the school and provide appropriate support and challenge. Two areas need further work. Phonics support is not consistently precise enough for some pupils in the early stages of reading, which slows their catch-up. In some subjects, staff do not give pupils enough opportunities to recall prior learning and link it to new content, so some pupils struggle to build secure knowledge. The school is part of Djanogly Learning Trust, has an enhanced resource provision for pupils with hearing impairment, and the headteacher took up post in March 2024.

Strengths

• Friendly, caring and inclusive school culture with strong staff-pupil relationships
• Pupils feel happy, valued and safe and engage well with learning
• Positive behaviour and respect are typically strong across the school
• High aspirations and an ambitious curriculum for all pupils
• Reading is a priority and pupils are highly motivated readers
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and teach important vocabulary well
• Pupils with SEND are identified carefully and receive suitable support and adaptations
• Personal development opportunities are exceptional and woven through the curriculum
• Pupils have plentiful leadership opportunities and learn about diversity and online safety
• Staff are overwhelmingly positive about support with workload and well-being
• Trustees know the school well and provide appropriate support and challenge
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics support is not consistently precise enough for some pupils, slowing their reading catch-up
• Staff sometimes do not give pupils enough opportunities to recall prior learning and link it to new content, so some pupils struggle to build secure knowledge

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 Langley Mill Academy attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.8% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Langley Mill Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Langley Mill Academy had 23.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% 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, 18.9% of pupils at Langley Mill Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Langley Mill Academy received £8,054 and spent £7,559 for each of its 295 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £207,000 (£703 per pupil).

Across all 15 schools of Tapestry Learning Partnership, income was £8,269 and spending £8,367 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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Langley Mill Academy is part of Tapestry Learning Partnership, which runs 15 schools. The nearest others:

• Laceyfields Academy Heanor
• Kensington Junior Academy Ilkeston
• Djanogly Strelley Academy Nottingham
• Springfield Academy Nottingham
• Djanogly Northgate Academy Nottingham
• Morton Primary Academy Alfreton
• Djanogly Sherwood Academy Nottingham
• Djanogly City Academy Nottingham
• Castle View Primary School Matlock
• Chellaston Academy Derby

What is Langley Mill Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langley Mill Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Langley Mill Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Langley Mill Academy was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Langley Mill Academy have?

Langley Mill Academy has 297 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langley Mill Academy cover?

Langley Mill Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Langley Mill Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langley Mill Academy?

Langley Mill Academy is at Bailey Brook Crescent, Langley Mill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4FZ.