Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottingham
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 |
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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 entry513 applications · 120 places offered · 194 named it first
- 2026 4.3; Nottingham median median 1.8
- 2025 3.7; Nottingham median median 2.0
- 2024 4.0; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2023 3.9; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2022 4.7; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2021 4.7; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2020 5.3; Nottingham median median 2.0
- 2019 4.1; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2018 2.2; Nottingham median median 2.2
- This school
- Nottingham 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 | 120 | 513 | 4.3 | 194 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2025 | 118 | 437 | 3.7 | 146 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 482 | 4.0 | 169 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2023 | 125 | 481 | 3.9 | 169 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2022 | 120 | 567 | 4.7 | 191 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 562 | 4.7 | 228 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 634 | 5.3 | 273 | 2.28 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 487 | 4.1 | 209 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2018 | 119 | 257 | 2.2 | 107 | 0.90 |
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.) | 122 | 51.5 | 63% | 84% | – |
| 2024/25 | 122 | 51.1 | 53% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 118 | 45.9 | 53% | 71% | −0.16 |
| 2022/23 | 118 | 49.7 | 49% | 74% | −0.01 |
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
- Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyThis schoolThis schoolGood20224.3applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · NottinghamStandards maintained20244.4applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · NottinghamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · NottinghamshireGood20224.4applications per place 52.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · NottinghamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · NottinghamRemains Good20244.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · NottinghamOutstanding20231.8applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · NottinghamRemains Good20221.8applications per place 36.6Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · NottinghamOutstanding20242.7applications per place 54.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140984 · 892/4004
- Trust
- Nova Education Trust
- Capacity
- 935 pupils · 928 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Address
- 93 Abbey Street, Dunkirk, Nottingham, NG7 2PL
- Local authority
- Nottingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources