The Green Flying High Academy

The Green Flying High Academy is an exceptional infant school where pupils receive a highly ambitious and meticulously planned education. Inspectors found that pupils achieve remarkably well across the curriculum, including in early reading, writing and mathematics, and that disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND are supported precisely and effectively. Behaviour, personal development and early years provision are all exceptionally strong, with pupils demonstrating excellent learning behaviours, confidence and respect.

Strengths

• High-quality teaching ensures pupils produce work of the highest standard across the curriculum
• Meticulously planned curriculum is tailored to pupils’ needs and celebrates the local area
• Strong focus on language and communication, with vocabulary development embedded across subjects
• Expert early reading teaching helps pupils become confident, accurate and fluent readers
• Precise and effective support enables disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND to achieve very well
• First-rate early years provision builds excellent learning behaviours and concentration
• Pupils’ behaviour is outstanding, with enthusiastic and respectful engagement in lessons
• Exemplary character education and strong spiritual, moral, social and cultural provision
• Staff receive high-quality training and feel valued, supported and empowered
• Leaders and trust governance check all aspects of school work closely and effectively
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

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 Green Flying High Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at The Green Flying High 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 Green Flying High Academy had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% 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, 10.3% of pupils at The Green Flying High Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 The Green Flying High Academy received £6,455 and spent £6,400 for each of its 134 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £8,000 (£60 per pupil).

Across all 35 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £7,225 and spending £7,388 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 Alfreton · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

The Green Flying High Academy is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• John King Infant Academy Pinxton
• Kirkstead Junior Academy Pinxton
• Longwood Infant Academy Nottingham
• Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School Sutton-In-Ashfield
• Greenwood Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• Forest Glade Primary School Sutton-In-Ashfield
• The Flying High Academy Mansfield
• Hillside Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Hucknall Flying High Academy Nottingham

What is The Green Flying High Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Green Flying High Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in October 2024.

When was The Green Flying High Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Green Flying High Academy was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does The Green Flying High Academy have?

The Green Flying High Academy has 156 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Green Flying High Academy cover?

The Green Flying High Academy for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is The Green Flying High Academy?

The Green Flying High Academy is at 13 New Street, South Normanton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 2BS.