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Meden School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Burns Lane, Warsop, Mansfield NG20 0QN · medenschool.co.uk · 01623 843517

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
44
average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,054
78% of 1,356 places
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
40.2%
First language not English
4.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Nova Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 182 families put the school first and 194 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 218 (Places 200)218September 2023: 172 (Places 188)172September 2024: 204 (Places 205)204September 2025: 175 (Places 186)175September 2026: 182 (Places 194)182Places 194
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261941820.9100%
September 2025Sept 20251861750.9100%
September 2024Sept 20242052041100%
September 2023Sept 20231881720.9100%
September 2022Sept 20222002181.1▲87%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44, and 35.1% 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 C (29 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.3 (England 46.3)43.32017/18: 40.6 (England 46.5)40.62018/19: 46.2 (England 46.7)46.22021/22: 46.5 (England 48.8)46.52022/23: 43.6 (England 46.3)43.62023/24: 40.6 (England 45.9)40.62024/25: 44.0 (England 46.0)44.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4446
▼35.1%45.4%
●62.8%64.8%
▼15.2%40.5%
▼3.664.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form18.5−9.2
Sixth form college0.5—
Further education59.5+10
Apprenticeship4.1−3.3
Employment2.1−1.6
Not in a lasting destination8.2+0.8
Activity not captured7.2+2.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 27.4 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.3 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 31.0 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.3 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 38.5 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 29.4 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 30.9 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 29.0 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
37 studentsC (29)Average -0.15
37 studentsC (29)Average -0.15
8 studentsDist- (31.9)Average +0.24
10.7%AAB or better
89.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2446C (30.9)-0.01
2022/2318C (29.4)—
2021/2222B (38.5)—
2018/1923C (29.3)+0.02
2017/1831C (31)+0.21
2016/1751C (29.3)+0.47
2015/1655C- (27.4)+0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University54.2−15.4
Apprenticeship10.4+1.7
Employment27.1+14.1
Not in a lasting destination6.3−2.4
Activity not captured2.1—

Ofsted

Meden School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
27 Jun 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2014

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2021Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2017Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
78%
Replies
89
9% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼76% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲86% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼82% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼64% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼81% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼72% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼70% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●73% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 92% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 48% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼60% agreeEngland 67%

based on 30 parents (34%) with SEND

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