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Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham NG8 3GP · bluecoatbeechdale.co.uk · 0115 913 5211
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 34
- average Attainment 8 score. Nottingham 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 887
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 68.2%
- First language not English
- 19.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 127 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 | 127 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 179 | 161 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 179 | 171 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 183 | 178 | 1 | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 190 | 154 | 0.8 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 34, and 21.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Nottingham it was 43, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼34 | 46 | ||
| ▼21.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼35.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.75 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.4 | −1.8 |
| Sixth form college | 8.7 | −8.7 |
| Further education | 54.9 | +7.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 4.6 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 13.9 | +4 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | −1.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Bluecoat Beechdale Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Oct 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 Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
50% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 50%
- Replies
- 16
- 2% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on the 75% who had a child bullied