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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 2 April 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry282 applications · 151 places offered · 144 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Selston High School (URN 122857), the previous school.
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 | 151 | 282 | 1.9 | 144 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 167 | 301 | 1.8 | 148 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 304 | 1.7 | 152 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 305 | 1.7 | 168 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 179 | 309 | 1.7 | 187 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 181 | 248 | 1.4 | 167 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 257 | 1.4 | 166 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 149 | 211 | 1.4 | 151 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 | 161 | 212 | 1.3 | 160 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 153 | 196 | 1.3 | 150 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 152 | 195 | 1.3 | 149 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 144 | 173 | 1.2 | 143 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 155 | 186 | 1.2 | 151 | 0.97 |
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.) | 170 | 40.1 | 36% | 58% | – |
| 2024/25 | 172 | 38.8 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 39.1 | 32% | 55% | −0.41 |
| 2022/23 | 170 | 42.3 | 33% | 58% | −0.21 |
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
- Selston High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Derbyshire20251.3applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Nottinghamshire20261.8applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · DerbyshireGood20222.0applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 38.3Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20241.7applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · DerbyshireGood20231.7applications per place 44.1Attainment 8
- 6.5 km · DerbyshireStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 42.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142725 · 891/4230
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 862 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2016
- Replaced
- Selston High School (URN 122857)
- Address
- Chapel Road, Selston, Nottingham, NG16 6BW
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Ashfield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources