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The Holgate Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham NG15 6HB · holgate-ac.org.uk · 0115 963 2104

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Overview

Ofsted
Requires improvement
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
34.3
average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,207
88% of 1,379 places
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39.3%
First language not English
4.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Diverse Academies 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, 177 families put the school first and 229 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: 143 (Places 227)143September 2023: 161 (Places 240)161September 2024: 159 (Places 233)159September 2025: 196 (Places 247)196September 2026: 177 (Places 229)177Places 229
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262291770.8100%
September 2025Sept 20252471960.8100%
September 2024Sept 20242331590.7100%
September 2023Sept 20232401610.7100%
September 2022Sept 20222271430.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34.3, and 20.3% 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 (30.3 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: 45.5 (England 46.3)45.52017/18: 37.4 (England 46.5)37.42018/19: 38.6 (England 46.7)38.62021/22: 36.6 (England 48.8)36.62022/23: 33.9 (England 46.3)33.92023/24: 39.1 (England 45.9)39.12024/25: 34.3 (England 46.0)34.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼34.346.0
▼20.3%45.4%
▼38.2%64.8%
▼22.6%40.5%
▼2.854.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form20.4−7.8
Sixth form college3.8+2.3
Further education54.9+8.2
Apprenticeship4.7−3
Employment3−1.1
Not in a lasting destination8.9+0.2
Activity not captured4.3+1.2

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: 22.5 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 22.1 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 24.0 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 28.1 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 34.9 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 25.9 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 25.1 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 30.3 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
24 studentsC (30.3)Average -0.20
26 studentsC+ (32)Average -0.06
26 studentsDist- (31.6)Average +0.24
25%AAB or better
87.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2440C- (25.1)-0.37
2022/2325C- (25.9)—
2021/2228C+ (34.9)—
2018/1959C- (28.1)-0.17
2017/1833D+ (24)-0.27
2016/1751D+ (22.1)-0.46
2015/1627D+ (22.5)-0.62

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University50.9+9.9
Apprenticeship3.6—
Employment29.1−11.9
Not in a lasting destination10.9−4.5
Activity not captured5.5+2.9

Ofsted

The Holgate Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 4 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Requires improvement
Inspected
4 Jun 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jun 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

39% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
39%
Replies
89
7% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼59% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼62% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼41% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼48% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼57% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼61% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼72% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼78% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼50% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼46% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 89% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼34% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 47% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼25% agreeEngland 68%

based on 37 parents (42%) with SEND

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