Graded inspection · Apr 2024 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 |
Inspection history
- 23 April 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 16 November 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry536 applications · 295 places offered · 293 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 295 | 536 | 1.8 | 293 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 | 565 | 1.9 | 288 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 292 | 570 | 2.0 | 350 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 | 298 | 637 | 2.1 | 361 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 299 | 568 | 1.9 | 313 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 299 | 510 | 1.7 | 349 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2020 | 298 | 444 | 1.5 | 322 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 | 373 | 665 | 1.8 | 371 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 300 | 449 | 1.5 | 332 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2017 | 300 | 401 | 1.3 | 301 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 256 | 393 | 1.5 | 256 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 284 | 389 | 1.4 | 283 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 274 | 378 | 1.4 | 274 | 1.00 |
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.) | 286 | 48.1 | 58% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 291 | 50.4 | 59% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 289 | 48.1 | 57% | 77% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 283 | 48.6 | 60% | 76% | +0.37 |
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
- Outwood Academy ValleyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.8applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · RotherhamRequires improvement20231.4applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · RotherhamRemains Good20231.8applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · DerbyshireGood20231.3applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 11.4 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20223.0applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 11.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.5applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- 12.1 km · NottinghamshireGood20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 12.8 km · NottinghamshireGood20232.0applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138247 · 891/4011
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,727 pupils · 1,721 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2012
- Replaced
- Valley Comprehensive School (URN 122861)
- Address
- Valley Road, Worksop, S81 7EN
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Bassetlaw
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources