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Shirebrook Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Common Lane, Shirebrook, Mansfield NG20 8QF · shirebrookacademy.org · 01623 742722
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Derbyshire 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 824
- 97% of 850 places
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.2%
- First language not English
- 9.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 158 families put the school first and 165 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 165 | 158 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 163 | 160 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 163 | 163 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 168 | 177 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 171 | 175 | 1▲ | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.5, and 31.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Derbyshire it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ●39.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.47 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.4 | +1.9 |
| Further education | 72 | −5.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 6 | +3.7 |
| Employment | 3 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.1 | +3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.6 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Shirebrook Academy on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
28% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 28%
- Replies
- 40
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on the 67% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (38%) with SEND