Graded inspection · Jun 2023 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
- 6 June 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 27 January 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (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 entry451 applications · 208 places offered · 197 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Garibaldi College (URN 122830), 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 | 208 | 451 | 2.2 | 197 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 207 | 445 | 2.2 | 209 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 199 | 438 | 2.2 | 182 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 434 | 2.3 | 208 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 175 | 417 | 2.4 | 187 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 175 | 409 | 2.3 | 200 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 349 | 2.0 | 180 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 172 | 346 | 2.0 | 185 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 165 | 287 | 1.7 | 164 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 * | 165 | 264 | 1.6 | 161 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 144 | 226 | 1.6 | 140 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 146 | 230 | 1.6 | 134 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 116 | 197 | 1.7 | 115 | 0.99 |
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.) | 165 | 46.1 | 49% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 174 | 44.4 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 43.9 | 39% | 66% | −0.35 |
| 2022/23 | 161 | 43.8 | 44% | 62% | −0.11 |
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
- The Garibaldi SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Nottinghamshire20263.0applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20242.1applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · NottinghamshireGood20232.5applications per place 32.3Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · NottinghamshireGood20231.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20222.8applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 38.4Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144687 · 891/4041
- Trust
- Nova Education Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,224 pupils · 1,017 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2017
- Replaced
- Garibaldi College (URN 122830)
- Address
- Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0JX
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Mansfield
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources