Academy sponsor led · Warwickshire

Nicholas Chamberlaine School

11–18Ages
1,456Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
139936URN

Bulkington Road, Bedworth, CV12 9EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

1.2 below Warwickshire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in WarwickshireSelective

340 applications for 242 places · 39th of 39 in Warwickshire

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

37.1of 90

Warwickshire 46.0 England 46.0

36th of 37 in Warwickshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

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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

1.4applications per place, Year 7

1.2 below Warwickshire median (2.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

340 applications · 242 places offered · 227 named it first

2026 1.4; Warwickshire median median 2.6
2025 1.3; Warwickshire median median 2.5
2024 1.3; Warwickshire median median 2.4
2023 1.2; Warwickshire median median 2.5
2022 1.0; Warwickshire median median 2.1
2021 1.1; Warwickshire median median 2.0
2020 1.2; Warwickshire median median 2.0
2019 1.1; Warwickshire median median 1.9
2018 0.9; Warwickshire median median 1.8
2017 1.1; Warwickshire median median 1.9
2016 1.3; Warwickshire median median 1.8
2015 1.2; Warwickshire median median 1.6
2014 1.3; Warwickshire median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Warwickshire median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Warwickshire 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	242	340	1.4	227	0.94
Sep 2025	273	346	1.3	248	0.91
Sep 2024	277	354	1.3	243	0.88
Sep 2023	269	319	1.2	217	0.81
Sep 2022	299	299	1.0	235	0.79
Sep 2021	264	293	1.1	213	0.81
Sep 2020	217	249	1.2	187	0.86
Sep 2019	292	313	1.1	228	0.78
Sep 2018	236	222	0.9	167	0.71
Sep 2017	222	244	1.1	184	0.83
Sep 2016	225	287	1.3	194	0.86
Sep 2015	200	244	1.2	180	0.90
Sep 2014	182	229	1.3	165	0.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

256 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.136th of 37 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire 46.0 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths22%37th of 37 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire 49% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%

Warwickshire 69% England 66%

This school
Warwickshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.51

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	256	37.1	22%	43%	–
2024/25	207	36.9	25%	51%	–
2023/24	243	38.8	26%	54%	−0.51
2022/23	199	42.1	34%	58%	−0.49

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

Nicholas Chamberlaine SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.4applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
Foxford Community School
3.2 km · Coventry

Good2022

1.4applications per place 38.6Attainment 8
George Eliot Academy
3.2 km · Warwickshire

2025

2.6applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
Ash Green School
3.9 km · Warwickshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College
4.4 km · Warwickshire

Remains Good2023

2.8applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
Grace Academy Coventry
4.7 km · Coventry

Good2024

1.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School
4.9 km · Coventry

2026

1.8applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
Nuneaton Academy
4.9 km · Warwickshire

Serious weaknesses 2026

1.5applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
Etone College
5.2 km · Warwickshire

Remains Good2022

3.5applications per place 48.2Attainment 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 sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 139936 · 937/4003
Trust: The Griffin Schools Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,593 pupils · 1,456 on roll
Free school meals: 35.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College (URN 125732)
Address: Bulkington Road, Bedworth, CV12 9EA
Local authority: Warwickshire · Nuneaton and Bedworth

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