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Colonel Frank Seely Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Flatts Lane, Calverton, Nottingham NG14 6JZ · cfsacademy.org.uk · 0115 965 2495

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected May 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.9
average Attainment 8 score. Nottinghamshire 46.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
895
82% of 1,091 places
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.9%
First language not English
3.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Redhill Academy 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, 158 families put the school first and 166 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: 121 (Places 158)121September 2023: 142 (Places 175)142September 2024: 150 (Places 162)150September 2025: 173 (Places 174)173September 2026: 158 (Places 166)158Places 166
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261661581100%
September 2025Sept 2025174173198%
September 2024Sept 20241621500.9100%
September 2023Sept 20231751420.8100%
September 2022Sept 20221581210.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.9, and 44.7% 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 (30.1 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: 42.0 (England 46.3)42.02018/19: 44.7 (England 46.7)44.72021/22: 47.2 (England 48.8)47.22022/23: 45.0 (England 46.3)45.02023/24: 46.0 (England 45.9)46.02024/25: 47.9 (England 46.0)47.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.946.0
●44.7%45.4%
▲69.9%64.8%
▲56.9%40.5%
▲4.464.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 122867)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form43.8+2
Sixth form college2+0.2
Further education41.2+8.5
Other education0.7−1.1
Apprenticeship5.9−1.4
Employment1.3−3.2
Not in a lasting destination3.9−3.4
Activity not captured1.3−1.4

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: 29.1 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.6 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 26.3 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 32.0 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 29.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 27.3 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 30.1 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
44 studentsC (30.1)Below average -0.23
44 studentsC (30.4)Below average -0.22
6 studentsMerit (25)Average +0.03
10.5%AAB or better
86.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2435C- (27.3)-0.27
2022/2340C (29.7)—
2021/2240C+ (32)—
2018/1927C- (26.3)-0.27
2017/1849C (29.6)+0.07
2016/1746C (31.6)+0.31
2015/1658C (29.1)+0.15

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University42.9−23
Further education2.3−0.1
Apprenticeship16.7+14.3
Employment21.4+4.3
Not in a lasting destination11.9+2.1
Activity not captured4.8+2.4

Ofsted

Colonel Frank Seely Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
17 May 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122867), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2013Good
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122867)

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (147 replies, to 2 April 2023).

Recommend
84%
Replies
147
19% · 2 Apr 2023
Child is happy at school▼82% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●81% agreeEngland 83%
School has high expectations▲86% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼69% agreeEngland 80%
Told how child is doing▼79% agreeEngland 83%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly●74% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 39% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●66% agreeEngland 67%

based on 41 parents (28%) with SEND

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