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Carlton le Willows Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,803Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 150524URN

Burton Road, Nottingham, Gedling, NG4 4AA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Safeguarding not effective

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Inadequate
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.6 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

622 applications for 350 places · 37th of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
56.5of 90
3rd of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Serious weaknesses

Safeguarding: not effective at the latest graded inspection

Overall effectiveness: Inadequate · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementInadequate
Sixth form provisionRequires 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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

622 applications · 350 places offered · 290 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Carlton le Willows Academy (URN 136627), Carlton le Willows School and Technology College (URN 122850), 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 20263506221.82900.83
Sep 20252995531.92310.77
Sep 20243355321.62590.77
Sep 2023 *3597242.03140.87
Sep 2022 *3007172.43411.14
Sep 2021 *3006102.03091.03
Sep 2020 *3006542.23451.15
Sep 2019 *3006352.13471.16
Sep 2018 *3005751.93311.10
Sep 2017 *2865241.82851.00
Sep 2016 *2855642.03401.19
Sep 2015 *2514301.72360.94
Sep 2014 *2584561.82691.04

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

284 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)56.53rd of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths76%2nd of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths86%
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2022/23, the latest published)+0.20
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)28456.576%86%–
2024/2527955.170%86%–
2023/24–
2022/23 *29651.055%78%+0.20

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

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  • 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
150524 · 891/4028
Trust
Delta Academies Trust
Capacity
2,125 pupils · 1,803 on roll
Free school meals
25.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2023
Replaced
Carlton le Willows Academy (URN 136627); Carlton le Willows School and Technology College (URN 122850)
Address
Burton Road, Nottingham, Gedling, NG4 4AA
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Gedling

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