Graded inspection · Jan 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry761 applications · 237 places offered · 287 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Nottingham median median 1.8
- 2025 3.7; Nottingham median median 2.0
- 2024 2.6; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; Nottingham median median 1.9
- 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 | 237 | 761 | 3.2 | 287 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2025 | 235 | 880 | 3.7 | 396 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2024 | 239 | 609 | 2.6 | 216 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 455 | 1.9 | 147 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2022 | 221 | 295 | 1.3 | 68 | 0.31 |
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.) | 181 | 39.7 | 32% | 53% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Bluecoat Trent AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.2applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · NottinghamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 37.0Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · NottinghamRemains Good20224.1applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Nottingham20261.4applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · NottinghamRemains Good20244.5applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · NottinghamGood20231.3applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · NottinghamOutstanding20231.8applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Nottingham20261.2applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · NottinghamshireRemains Good20222.6applications per place 50.2Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148548 · 892/4016
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,132 on roll
- Free school meals
- 54.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Pelham Avenue, Nottingham, NG5 1AJ
- Local authority
- Nottingham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources