Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry530 applications · 243 places offered · 249 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2015 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.9; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 243 | 530 | 2.2 | 249 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 244 | 540 | 2.2 | 238 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 242 | 528 | 2.2 | 243 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 246 | 579 | 2.4 | 253 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 248 | 511 | 2.1 | 252 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 248 | 493 | 2.0 | 297 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 248 | 453 | 1.8 | 242 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 248 | 519 | 2.1 | 287 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2018 | 248 | 504 | 2.0 | 296 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 248 | 528 | 2.1 | 299 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2016 | 248 | 539 | 2.2 | 293 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 240 | 538 | 2.2 | 289 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 251 | 478 | 1.9 | 265 | 1.06 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 242 | 43.7 | 36% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 252 | 46.0 | 41% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 245 | 46.0 | 46% | 70% | −0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 247 | 46.0 | 41% | 67% | −0.10 |
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
- Tuxford AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Nottinghamshire20261.6applications per place 32.6Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20223.0applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.5applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 17.1 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 17.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 18.5 km · NottinghamshireGood20232.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 18.6 km · NottinghamshireGood202355.5Attainment 8
- 18.8 km · NottinghamshireGood20241.8applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 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
- 137319 · 891/4452
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,462 pupils · 1,462 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Tuxford School (URN 122882)
- Address
- Marnham Road, Tuxford, Newark, NG22 0JH
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Bassetlaw
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources