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South Nottinghamshire Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
Glebe Lane, Off Cropwell Road, Radcliffe on Trent, Nottingham NG12 2FQ · southnottinghamshireacademy.org.uk · 0115 911 0091
On the mapSearch near NG12 2FQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,010
- 260 over 750 places · 135%
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- First language not English
- 7.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 159 families put the school first and 177 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 | 177 | 159 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 177 | 175 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 151 | 170 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 152 | 170 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 151 | 153 | 1▲ | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.7, and 56.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Nottinghamshire it was 46.8, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲56.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲81.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲66.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.76 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 67.4 | +17.9 |
| Sixth form college | 1.4 | — |
| Further education | 21 | −11.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.3 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 2.2 | −2.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.2 | −2.3 |
| Activity not captured | 1.4 | −4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 students | B- (35.5) | Average +0.07 | |
| 49 students | B- (35.8) | Average +0.09 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 38 | C+ (33.1) | -0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 43 | C+ (34.5) | — |
| 2021/22 | 39 | B (38.4) | — |
| 2018/19 | 32 | C (30.2) | -0.06 |
| 2017/18 | 28 | C (31.3) | +0.02 |
| 2016/17 | 33 | D+ (24.1) | -0.31 |
| 2015/16 | 36 | D+ (24) | -0.14 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 68.3 | +6.3 |
| Further education | 2.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | −1.6 |
| Employment | 14.6 | −3.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.9 | −7.1 |
| Activity not captured | 7.3 | +3.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 24 March 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for South Nottinghamshire Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 23 Mar 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (194 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 194
- 24% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 43 parents (22%) with SEND