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Farnborough Spencer Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Farnborough Road, Clifton, Nottingham NG11 8JW · farnboroughspencer.org.uk · 0115 974 4444
On the mapSearch near NG11 8JW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Nottingham 43, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,005
- 96% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42.7%
- First language not English
- 12.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 149 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 | 149 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 170 | 139 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 183 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 193 | 151 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 193 | 131 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 41.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.50 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141335)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.5 | −7 |
| Sixth form college | 3.2 | +1.6 |
| Further education | 63.7 | +4.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7 | +0.8 |
| Employment | 4.5 | −1.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.6 | −2.7 |
| Activity not captured | 8.9 | +4 |
Ofsted
Farnborough Spencer Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 141335), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 141335)
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 34
- 4% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (29%) with SEND