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State secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

44 schools · East Midlands · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Nottinghamshire has 44 state secondaries, 38 of them with sixth forms. 92.5% of families got their first choice last year, better than most of England. Results run from 17.8% to 80.7% passing English and maths, a spread of 63 points, with a middle school at 47.1%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 2 rated Outstanding, 27 Good, 2 Requires improvement, 1 Inadequate. 12 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

Nottingham
44 schools in Nottinghamshire. Tap one, or see the full list. Nottingham is a separate council, marked on the map.
18% 81% passed English & maths

Nottinghamshire against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

47%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

1.5% above England

England 45%

46.8

Attainment 8 average score

in line with England

England 46.1

22%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

in line with England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Nottinghamshire

92.5%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

98.1%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

21%

Appeals upheld83 of 403 heard

These are figures for Nottinghamshire as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Nottinghamshire's 44 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 18% to 81%. That is a spread of 63 percentage points, wider than most councils.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Nottinghamshire schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

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  1. 1 Toot Hill School Nottingham · 109 entries 90%
  2. 2 The Kimberley School Nottingham · 120 entries 88%
  3. 3 Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · 79 entries 87%
  4. 4 Bramcote College Nottingham · 37 entries 86%
  5. 5 The West Bridgford School Nottingham · 121 entries 86%
  6. 6 The Becket School West Bridgford · 119 entries 81%
  7. 7 South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · 83 entries 77%
  8. 8 Redhill Academy Nottingham · 168 entries 76%
  9. 9 Alderman White School Nottingham · 33 entries 76%
  10. 10 East Leake Academy Loughborough · 31 entries 74%
  11. 11 Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · 124 entries 73%
  12. 12 Selston High School Nottingham · 69 entries 72%
  13. 13 Outwood Academy Valley Worksop · 198 entries 72%
  14. 14 The Newark Academy Newark · 84 entries 71%
  15. 15 Chilwell School Nottingham · 52 entries 71%
  16. 16 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield · 65 entries 68%
  17. 17 George Spencer Academy Nottingham · 166 entries 66%
  18. 18 Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · 77 entries 65%
  19. 19 The Garibaldi School Mansfield · 94 entries 65%
  20. 20 Outwood Academy Portland Worksop · 182 entries 63%
  21. 21 Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · 248 entries 63%
  22. 22 Retford Oaks Academy Retford · 63 entries 62%
  23. 23 Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · 62 entries 61%
  24. 24 Carlton le Willows Academy Gedling · 123 entries 59%
  25. 25 The Suthers School Newark · 49 entries 59%
  26. 26 Meden School Mansfield · 107 entries 57%
  27. 27 Tuxford Academy Newark · 155 entries 55%
  28. 28 The National CofE Academy Nottingham · 122 entries 55%
  29. 29 Samworth Church Academy Mansfield · 68 entries 53%
  30. 30 Serlby Park Academy Doncaster · 50 entries 52%
  31. 31 Carlton Academy Nottingham · 131 entries 52%
  32. 32 The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · 60 entries 50%
  33. 33 Hall Park Academy Nottingham · 98 entries 49%
  34. 34 The Brunts Academy Mansfield · 131 entries 47%
  35. 35 Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · 28 entries 46%
  36. 36 The Joseph Whitaker School Mansfield · 130 entries 46%
  37. 37 Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield · 73 entries 44%
  38. 38 Magnus Church of England Academy Newark · 59 entries 42%
  39. 39 The Holgate Academy Nottingham · 71 entries 41%
  40. 40 The Dukeries Academy Newark · 49 entries 41%
  41. 41 Sutton Community Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · 62 entries 39%
  42. 42 The Manor Academy Mansfield · 138 entries 36%
  43. 43 The Elizabethan Academy Retford · 111 entries 34%
  44. 44 Quarrydale Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · 127 entries 28%
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Every school in Nottinghamshire

Nottingham sits inside Nottinghamshire but runs its own admissions as a separate local authority, so its schools are not in this list.

7 of 44 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Alderman White School Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    60%
    Attainment 8
    53.6
    Absence
    16%
  • All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    51.6
    Absence
    16%
  • Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    49.8
    Absence
    23%
  • Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    47.8
    Absence
    17%
  • Bramcote College Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    59%
    Attainment 8
    51.3
    Absence
    16%
  • Carlton Academy Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    46%
    Attainment 8
    45.1
    Absence
    23%
  • Carlton le Willows Academy Gedling · Inadequate.
    Eng & maths
    70%
    Attainment 8
    55.1
    Absence
    19%
  • Chilwell School Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    50.2
    Absence
    17%
  • Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    48.9
    Absence
    21%
  • Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    45%
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Absence
    22%
  • East Leake Academy Loughborough · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    58%
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Absence
    25%
  • George Spencer Academy Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    56%
    Attainment 8
    51.7
    Absence
    23%
  • Hall Park Academy Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    43
    Absence
    23%
  • Magnus Church of England Academy Newark · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    21%
    Attainment 8
    35.7
    Absence
    28%
  • Meden School Mansfield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    35%
    Attainment 8
    44
    Absence
    24%
  • Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    36.1
    Absence
    35%
  • Outwood Academy Portland Worksop · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Absence
    25%
  • Outwood Academy Valley Worksop · Good.
    Eng & maths
    59%
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Absence
    21%
  • Quarrydale Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    24%
    Attainment 8
    36.6
    Absence
    19%
  • Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    18%
    Attainment 8
    32.2
    Absence
    27%
  • Redhill Academy Nottingham · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    48%
    Attainment 8
    50.6
    Absence
    20%
  • Retford Oaks Academy Retford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    29%
    Attainment 8
    40.1
    Absence
    23%
  • Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    74%
    Attainment 8
    58.1
    Absence
    17%
  • Samworth Church Academy Mansfield · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    24%
    Attainment 8
    37.1
    Absence
    29%
  • Selston High School Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    38.8
    Absence
    33%
  • Serlby Park Academy Doncaster · Good.
    Eng & maths
    51%
    Attainment 8
    45.4
    Absence
    29%
  • South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    57%
    Attainment 8
    51.7
    Absence
    16%
  • Sutton Community Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    37%
    Attainment 8
    37.6
    Absence
    23%
  • The Becket School West Bridgford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    65%
    Attainment 8
    57.3
    Absence
    16%
  • The Brunts Academy Mansfield · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    45.5
    Absence
    21%
  • The Dukeries Academy Newark · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    21%
    Attainment 8
    34.8
    Absence
    28%
  • The Elizabethan Academy Retford · Good.
    Eng & maths
    36%
    Attainment 8
    41.1
    Absence
    23%
  • The Garibaldi School Mansfield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    44.4
    Absence
    26%
  • The Holgate Academy Nottingham · Requires improvement.
    Eng & maths
    20%
    Attainment 8
    34.3
    Absence
    31%
  • The Joseph Whitaker School Mansfield · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    43.2
    Absence
    22%
  • The Kimberley School Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    51
    Absence
    21%
  • The Manor Academy Mansfield · Good.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    39.8
    Absence
    28%
  • The National CofE Academy Nottingham · Good.
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    42.6
    Absence
    18%
  • The Newark Academy Newark · Good.
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    45.4
    Absence
    20%
  • The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    61%
    Attainment 8
    53.5
    Absence
    19%
  • The Suthers School Newark · Good.
    Eng & maths
    52%
    Attainment 8
    46.4
    Absence
    26%
  • The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Outstanding. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    81%
    Attainment 8
    62.9
    Absence
    10%
  • Toot Hill School Nottingham · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    68%
    Attainment 8
    55.9
    Absence
    16%
  • Tuxford Academy Newark · Good.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    46
    Absence
    21%

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Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Nottinghamshire

38 of Nottinghamshire's 38 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Nottinghamshire

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Derbyshire 45 schools · 43% passed English & mathsDoncaster 20 schools · 44% passed English & mathsLeicestershire 44 schools · 47% passed English & mathsLincolnshire 54 schools · 42% passed English & mathsNorth Lincolnshire 14 schools · 42% passed English & mathsNottingham 19 schools · 40% passed English & mathsRotherham 16 schools · 39% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.