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Ashfield Comprehensive School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 2,601Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137981URN

Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.6 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

730 applications for 406 places · 36th of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
29th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 27 January 2026Published 25 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 27 January 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 7 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

730 applications · 406 places offered · 408 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Nottinghamshire median in 0 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 20264067301.84081.00
Sep 20254058022.04651.15
Sep 20244028152.04851.21
Sep 20234108192.05001.22
Sep 20224058112.05421.34
Sep 20214056741.74391.08
Sep 20204057131.84891.21
Sep 20193955921.53961.00
Sep 20183855501.43730.97
Sep 20174045861.54061.00
Sep 20164055821.43880.96
Sep 20153815501.43650.96
Sep 20143695811.63610.98

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

404 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.229th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%32nd 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)−0.08
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)40445.240%62%–
2024/2539547.844%69%–
2023/2441245.443%65%−0.08
2022/2340049.049%72%+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

  • 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
137981 · 891/4009
Trust
The Two Counties Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
3,146 pupils · 2,601 on roll
Free school meals
31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2012
Replaced
Ashfield Comprehensive School (URN 122827)
Address
Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 8HP
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Ashfield

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