# Hucknall Flying High Academy

Hucknall Flying High Academy is a primary school in Ashfield, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 240 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E147075. [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 240
- Council: Ashfield
- URN: 147075

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), June 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 18 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 88% of pupils at Hucknall Flying High Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 88% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Edgewood Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edgewood-primary-and-nursery-school-e122587): 910 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Crisp Vocational Provision](https://openindex.co.uk/school/crisp-vocational-provision-e152429): 1.4 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Holgate Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-holgate-academy-e139956): 1.5 km. Secondary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. Attainment 8 of 36.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Holgate Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holgate-primary-and-nursery-school-e149711): 1.6 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023, before the school changed
- [Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/butlers-hill-infant-and-nursery-school-e122586): 2 km. Primary. School remains Good, March 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/147075)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/147075)

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