Redhill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
136361
Address
Redhill Road, Arnold, NG5 8GX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1591 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.2%
Persistent absence
23.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.8%
Mixed 9.7%
Other White 4.1%
Indian 2.6%
African 2.3%
Chinese 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1.1%
Pakistani 1%
Caribbean 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.4
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award45
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE89
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE47
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Redhill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
268
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
309
2nd preference
301
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
249
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
264
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
257
126
131
Year 8
273
147
126
Year 9
247
135
112
Year 10
260
125
135
Year 11
252
117
135
Year 12
161
72
89
Year 13
141
73
68
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
22.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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