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The Wells Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 634Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 147456URN

Ransom Drive, Nottingham, NG3 5LR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
0.4 below Nottingham median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottingham

102 applications for 71 places · 14th of 19 in Nottingham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.7of 90
16th of 19 in Nottingham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 16 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 23 May 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.4applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Nottingham median (1.8) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

102 applications · 71 places offered · 44 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.4; Nottingham median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.0; Nottingham median median 2.0
  3. 2024 1.0; Nottingham median median 1.9
  4. 2023 1.2; Nottingham median median 1.9
  5. 2022 0.8; Nottingham median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.2; Nottingham median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.4; Nottingham median median 2.0; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.1; Nottingham median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.1; Nottingham median median 2.2; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.1; Nottingham median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.2; Nottingham median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Nottingham median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.5; Nottingham median median 2.0; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Nottingham median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Nottingham median

Dashed bars: as Nottingham Academy (URN 135881), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026711021.4440.62
Sep 202598961.0580.59
Sep 20241111121.0700.63
Sep 20231111331.2720.65
Sep 20221541190.8760.49
Sep 20211251501.2890.71
Sep 2020 *1662381.41190.72
Sep 2019 *3003321.12070.69
Sep 2018 *2823001.11990.71
Sep 2017 *3313661.12370.72
Sep 2016 *3223841.22560.80
Sep 2015 *2904001.42510.87
Sep 2014 *2763991.52580.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

124 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.716th of 19 in Nottingham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%18th of 19 in Nottingham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Nottingham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.95
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12438.727%46%–
2024/2514443.135%59%–
2023/2413234.226%48%−0.95
2022/2312638.528%51%−0.64

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
147456 · 892/4014
Trust
Greenwood Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
800 pupils · 634 on roll
Free school meals
47.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2020
Replaced
Nottingham Academy (URN 135881)
Address
Ransom Drive, Nottingham, NG3 5LR
Local authority
Nottingham

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