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The Long Eaton School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,121Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136716URN

Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 3NP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.3 below Derbyshire median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Derbyshire

287 applications for 203 places · 39th of 45 in Derbyshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.3of 90
37th of 45 in Derbyshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 28 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
0.3 below Derbyshire median (1.7) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

287 applications · 203 places offered · 167 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  2. 2025 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.8; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  9. 2018 1.9; Derbyshire median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.7; Derbyshire median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.6; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.7; Derbyshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.8; Derbyshire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Derbyshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Derbyshire 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 20262032871.41670.82
Sep 20251782931.71470.83
Sep 20241943151.61570.81
Sep 20232043611.82061.01
Sep 20222133521.71670.78
Sep 20212023471.71810.90
Sep 20201793141.81320.74
Sep 20192093281.61660.79
Sep 20181743221.91630.94
Sep 20171893281.71870.99
Sep 20161893041.61830.97
Sep 20152133611.72110.99
Sep 20141883351.81850.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.337th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%38th of 45 in Derbyshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Derbyshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.33
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19441.334%56%–
2024/2517342.136%58%–
2023/2419342.641%63%−0.33
2022/2315937.830%48%−0.59

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

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  • Urgent improvement
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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
136716 · 830/4052
Trust
Archway Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,237 pupils · 1,121 on roll
Free school meals
35.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
The Long Eaton School (URN 112934)
Address
Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 3NP
Local authority
Derbyshire · Erewash

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