Graded inspection · Apr 2025 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 | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 23 April 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 5 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry660 applications · 168 places offered · 178 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 3.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 2.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2015 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 168 | 660 | 3.9 | 178 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 206 | 629 | 3.1 | 166 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 208 | 612 | 2.9 | 158 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 560 | 2.7 | 166 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2022 | 208 | 506 | 2.4 | 158 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 199 | 384 | 1.9 | 139 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2020 | 199 | 338 | 1.7 | 131 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2019 | 150 | 369 | 2.5 | 152 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 148 | 307 | 2.1 | 144 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 149 | 268 | 1.8 | 129 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 | 139 | 272 | 2.0 | 124 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 | 142 | 235 | 1.7 | 126 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 133 | 212 | 1.6 | 123 | 0.92 |
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.) | 168 | 51.3 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 161 | 53.5 | 61% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 52.0 | 60% | 75% | +0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 148 | 52.3 | 59% | 73% | +0.16 |
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
- The South Wolds Academy & Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.9applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 58.3Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · NottinghamshireOutstanding20244.0applications per place 61.4Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · NottinghamGood20221.1applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 7.6 km · NottinghamshireGood20224.4applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · NottinghamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20223.2applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · Nottingham20261.2applications per place 39.9Attainment 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
- 138191 · 891/4454
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,114 pupils · 1,033 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- South Wolds Community School (URN 122883)
- Address
- Church Drive, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5FF
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Rushcliffe
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources