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The Brunts Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,378Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137763URN

The Park, Mansfield, NG18 2AT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.7 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

649 applications for 215 places · 9th of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.4of 90
28th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 12 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 19 September 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

649 applications · 215 places offered · 183 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 3.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Nottinghamshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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 20262156493.01830.85
Sep 20252416822.81530.63
Sep 20242356322.71710.73
Sep 20232668013.02570.97
Sep 20222707282.72530.94
Sep 20212717742.92670.99
Sep 20202707082.62400.89
Sep 20192697242.72911.08
Sep 20182897062.42891.00
Sep 20172706582.42711.00
Sep 20163006622.22890.96
Sep 20152806862.53151.13
Sep 20142465782.42420.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

265 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.428th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%31st of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths62%
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.41
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26545.440%62%–
2024/2526445.544%66%–
2023/2426341.440%56%−0.41
2022/2326939.833%53%−0.51

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
137763 · 891/4463
Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,599 pupils · 1,378 on roll
Free school meals
30.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2012
Replaced
The Brunts School (URN 133266); The Brunts School (URN 122888)
Address
The Park, Mansfield, NG18 2AT
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Mansfield

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