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Academy sponsor led · Nottinghamshire

Meden School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,054Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138411URN

Burns Lane, Warsop, Mansfield, NG20 0QN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.8 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

300 applications for 194 places · 41st of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.0of 90
34th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

300 applications · 194 places offered · 182 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 1.4; 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 20261943001.61820.94
Sep 20251862801.51750.94
Sep 20242053291.62041.00
Sep 20231882721.51720.91
Sep 20222003061.52181.09
Sep 20211822391.31640.90
Sep 20201752351.31690.97
Sep 20191852431.31810.98
Sep 20181682281.41630.97
Sep 20171902331.21650.87
Sep 20161231651.31190.97
Sep 20151271811.41190.94
Sep 20141181701.41170.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

191 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.034th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%33rd of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.06
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19142.037%53%–
2024/2519144.035%63%–
2023/2419540.629%53%+0.06
2022/2316743.638%59%+0.24

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138411 · 891/4010
Trust
Nova Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,356 pupils · 1,054 on roll
Free school meals
40.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
The Meden School and Technology College (URN 122845)
Address
Burns Lane, Warsop, Mansfield, NG20 0QN
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Mansfield

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