Millside Spencer Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 3–11 · Loughborough, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.185 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Millside Spencer Academy is a primary school in Loughborough, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Millside Spencer Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.185 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.185 miles away, 71st shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 30 first-choice applications for 30 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 53 Evans Road, East Leake, Loughborough, LE12 6AS
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 184 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school thrive in a nurturing and inclusive environment.”
- “They feel, safe, cared for and proud to belong.”
- “Pupils speak warmly about their teachers, describing them as kind, approachable and always ready to help.”
To improve
- “However, in some of the wider curriculum areas, pupils’ knowledge is less secure.”
- “This is because in these areas, learning does not consistently build upon what pupils already know.”
- “The school has not established a clear understanding of the effectiveness of teaching some aspects of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Brookside Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Costock CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Normanton-On-Soar Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sutton Bonington Primary School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gotham Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bunny CofE Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- James Peacock Infant and Nursery School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
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