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George Spencer Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,580Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136291URN

Arthur Mee Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG9 7EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

567 applications for 270 places · 30th of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.6of 90
8th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 21 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

567 applications · 270 places offered · 260 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262705672.12600.96
Sep 20252565342.12460.96
Sep 20242886012.12780.97
Sep 20232886292.22740.95
Sep 20222906302.23061.06
Sep 20212745532.02751.00
Sep 20202895802.03131.08
Sep 20192756242.33401.24
Sep 20182855992.13761.32
Sep 20172695282.02921.09
Sep 20162515112.03211.28
Sep 20152534711.92841.12
Sep 20142244091.82451.09

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

272 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.68th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%7th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27252.660%78%–
2024/2527551.756%78%–
2023/2427051.759%77%+0.20
2022/2327050.654%76%+0.03

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136291 · 891/5401
Trust
The Spencer Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,430 pupils · 1,580 on roll
Free school meals
19.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
George Spencer Foundation School and Technology College (URN 122903)
Address
Arthur Mee Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, NG9 7EW
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Broxtowe

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources