Huntingdon Academy is a two-form entry school located five minutes walking distance from Nottingham city centre. There are 453 children on roll and the school has a 52 place nursey. Huntingdon Academy is a vibrant, diverse and multicultural school that works in strong partnership with its community.
Huntingdon Academy has oracy at the forefront of its philosophy as we believe that spoken communication is vital to success in life. Our vision is to empower all our stakeholders to grow and reach their potential and we have a motivated, kind and ambitious team that adopt a relentless pursuit of best practice.
Our Academy vision, values and curriculum drivers are embedded in all our work. We teach our children they have a voice that matters. We have a bespoke curriculum, with reading at its core. Our curriculum is relevant, purposeful, and engaging to ensure our children are invested in their learning. We believe in active, participative learning which leads to a vibrant and exciting learning environment.
Children that attend Huntingdon Academy leave their primary education with strong emotional intelligence and communication skills. Our pupils transition to secondary school with a positive attitude to learning and are ambitious for their future.
All children are challenged, nurtured and inspired to achieve highly and make a positive contribution to society.
Our experienced Early Years team provide a warm, nurturing environment where children grow in confidence and develop essential communication, social, emotional and early learning skills.
With a rich curriculum including literacy, maths, creativity and understanding the world around them, your child has the opportunity to thrive from their very first day.
Apply now for September 2026 – our Early Years Team look forward to welcoming you.
At Huntingdon Academy our morning and afternoon nursery sessions give children a joyful and nurturing start to their learning journey. Children enjoy focused activities, shared story time and plenty of imaginative play in our spacious early years playground.
We offer both 15-hour and 30-hour funded nursery places, making high-quality early education accessible for families.
Discover more about our nursery provision, curriculum, funding options and how to apply.
Let your child’s school adventure start at Huntingdon Academy.
Watch our video to hear from Head of School Ms Riley and pupils at Huntingdon Academy talk about the school, our values and favourite subjects.
Well what a lot of talent we have at Huntingdon Academy! Watch until the end to see our fabulous winner who wowed us all! Well done to every child who entered the show. You were all fabulous and so brave! 🥰
Well what a lot of talent we have at Huntingdon Academy! Watch until the end to see our fabulous winner who wowed us all! Well done to every child who entered the show. You were all fabulous and so brave! 🥰
🌟 What a fantastic Nursery Sports Day! 🌟
Our youngest children showed amazing enthusiasm, determination and huge smiles as they took part in all of the races and activities. It was wonderful to see them cheering each other on, trying their best and celebrating every achievement.
A big thank you to all of our families for coming along to support and encourage the children. Your cheers made the day even more special!
We are so proud of every single one of our nursery children – well done, superstars! 💙💛🏅
#HuntingdonAcademy #NurserySportsDay #EarlyYears #ProudMoments
🌟 What a fantastic Nursery Sports Day! 🌟
Our youngest children showed amazing enthusiasm, determination and huge smiles as they took part in all of the races and activities. It was wonderful to see them cheering each other on, trying their best and celebrating every achievement.
A big thank you to all of our families for coming along to support and encourage the children. Your cheers made the day even more special!
We are so proud of every single one of our nursery children – well done, superstars! 💙💛🏅
#HuntingdonAcademy #NurserySportsDay #EarlyYears #ProudMoments
🎉 What a lovely afternoon at our Huntingdon Academy Summer Fayre! ☀️
A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a community event. From games and stalls to delicious food, face painting, raffles and so much more, it was wonderful to see so many families enjoying time together.
We hope everyone had as much fun as we did – thank you for making such wonderful memories with us! 💙💛 #HuntingdonAcademy #SummerFayre #SchoolCommunity #MakingMemories
🎉 What a lovely afternoon at our Huntingdon Academy Summer Fayre! ☀️
A huge thank you to everyone who came along and helped make it such a community event. From games and stalls to delicious food, face painting, raffles and so much more, it was wonderful to see so many families enjoying time together.
We hope everyone had as much fun as we did – thank you for making such wonderful memories with us! 💙💛 #HuntingdonAcademy #SummerFayre #SchoolCommunity #MakingMemories
It was wonderful to see one of our families enjoying their School Attendance Prize—a special day of splendour in recognition of fantastic school attendance! 🏆
At our school, we work incredibly hard to make sure our children want to come to school every day, creating a happy, nurturing environment where they can thrive. We are so proud of our whole school community for working together with us to make excellent attendance a priority! There are so many wonderful school events and lessons in our last week of term. Please bring your child to school until the very last day. 🥰
It was wonderful to see one of our families enjoying their School Attendance Prize—a special day of splendour in recognition of fantastic school attendance! 🏆
At our school, we work incredibly hard to make sure our children want to come to school every day, creating a happy, nurturing environment where they can thrive. We are so proud of our whole school community for working together with us to make excellent attendance a priority! There are so many wonderful school events and lessons in our last week of term. Please bring your child to school until the very last day. 🥰
Wishing Mrs Gadsby a wonderful maternity leave. One more week to go Mrs Gadsby then hopefully you can put your feet up for a little while before the special arrival. 🥰🍼👶
Wishing Mrs Gadsby a wonderful maternity leave. One more week to go Mrs Gadsby then hopefully you can put your feet up for a little while before the special arrival. 🥰🍼👶
A huge thank you to Mr Lord, who holds a BEd in Secondary Physical Education with Sports Coaching, for organising and leading an outstanding Sports Day. We are also incredibly grateful to Mr and Mrs Roe, both UKA Technical Officials in track and endurance events, and to Mr Jenkins, who holds a BSc in Science and Sport Science, for generously giving their time, expertise, and support throughout the event.
Your knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm helped ensure our Sports Days were high-quality, professionally run events that our pupils will remember for years to come.
Thank you all for helping make the days such a tremendous success! 🏅👏🎉
A huge thank you to Mr Lord, who holds a BEd in Secondary Physical Education with Sports Coaching, for organising and leading an outstanding Sports Day. We are also incredibly grateful to Mr and Mrs Roe, both UKA Technical Officials in track and endurance events, and to Mr Jenkins, who holds a BSc in Science and Sport Science, for generously giving their time, expertise, and support throughout the event.
Your knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm helped ensure our Sports Days were high-quality, professionally run events that our pupils will remember for years to come.
Thank you all for helping make the days such a tremendous success! 🏅👏🎉
Laughter is the best medicine! Thank you to all our volunteers for our whacky character races! 😂😂😂😂😂
Laughter is the best medicine! Thank you to all our volunteers for our whacky character races! 😂😂😂😂😂
We don’t know who had more fun, the children or the adults. We love having fun with our community! 🥰 Year 3 and 4 sports day. 🥰😂
We don’t know who had more fun, the children or the adults. We love having fun with our community! 🥰 Year 3 and 4 sports day. 🥰😂
