Hogarth Academy

About Hogarth Academy

Hogarth Academy is a state primary in Nottingham that currently educates 214 pupils against a capacity of 262, meaning it has room to grow but is clearly in demand. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school received 56 applications for just 28 places, with 27 of those coming as first preferences — a ratio of two applicants per place. This oversubscription suggests a strong local reputation, particularly given that 29.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average of around 23%. The school serves a diverse intake, and its size is modest compared to many primaries in the city. It is a mixed, non-religious school with nursery provision from age three, and is led by headteacher David Jobling. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in May 2024, confirmed it remains Good, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2012. Leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness were all rated Good.

Academically, Hogarth Academy’s KS2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 45%, which is below the Nottingham local authority average of 60%. This places the school 65th out of 72 primaries in the city, putting it in the bottom half nationally. However, individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story: 81% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, and 68% did so in maths, while reading lagged at 55%. At the higher standard, 29% achieved greater depth in writing, 23% in reading, and 19% in maths. Average scaled scores were 102 in both reading and maths, exactly in line with the national average of 100. The school’s progress scores are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value it adds relative to starting points, but the writing outcomes are notably strong.

The school offers a practical, well-resourced environment with facilities including a sports hall, music rooms, an outdoor playground, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, cricket, gymnastics, athletics, dance and netball, while after-school clubs include coding, science club and drama. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND support for moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties or disabilities. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Sneinton St Stephen’s CofE Primary School, 1.6 km away, which may be a consideration for some parents. Hogarth Academy suits families who value a Good-rated, oversubscribed school with strong writing outcomes and a broad range of extracurricular activities, set within a diverse and inclusive community.

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