Multi-academy trust
Nova Education Trust
17 schools across 5 local authorities in East Midlands, teaching 11,824 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Primary
- 6
- Secondary
- 10
- Pupils
- 11,824
- Average Attainment 8
- 46.4
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 53%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 13 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits about level with the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.05 (interval -0.12 to 0.03). That interval spans zero, so this is not a win: the group is not statistically distinguishable from average. A score such as +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise, not a result. Weighted by 1,532 pupils across 9 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
13 of the trust's 17 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 4 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 12 Good, 1 Requires improvement; 4 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Nova Education Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melton Vale Sixth Form CollegeAcademy 16-19 converter | Melton Mowbray | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Birklands Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Mansfield | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Firbeck AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Forest Town Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Mansfield | Requires improvement 2022 | — | — | |
| Robert Miles Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Nottingham | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Victoria Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nottingham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Westdale Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Nottingham | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Kirk Hallam Community AcademyAcademy converter | Ilkeston | No overall grade | 38.7 | -0.84-1.06 to -0.62 | |
| Meden SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Mansfield | Good 2023 | 44 | 0.06-0.15 to 0.26 · not a win | |
| Nottingham Free SchoolFree schools | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 51.5 | 0.290.02 to 0.56 | |
| Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyFree schools | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 51.1 | -0.16-0.43 to 0.11 · not a win | |
| Nottingham University Samworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2023 | 40.5 | -0.61-0.84 to -0.37 | |
| The Garibaldi SchoolAcademy converter | Mansfield | Good 2023 | 44.4 | -0.35-0.57 to -0.14 | |
| The Herewoode AcademyAcademy converter | Leicester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| The Newark AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newark | No overall grade | 45.4 | 0.400.21 to 0.59 | |
| The Suthers SchoolFree schools | Newark | Good 2024 | 46.4 | -0.20-0.54 to 0.14 · not a win | |
| Toot Hill SchoolAcademy converter | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 55.9 | 0.400.23 to 0.57 |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.