South Nottinghamshire Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 24 2022 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
137112
Address
Glebe Lane, Off Cropwell Road, Radcliffe on Trent, NG12 2FQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
893 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
6.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.3%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.3%
Mixed 6.3%
Chinese 3.2%
Other White 3%
Indian 0.7%
African 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
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 49.9
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.54
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE139
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

South Nottinghamshire Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
151
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
170
2nd preference
116
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
97
83
Year 8
165
88
77
Year 9
165
87
78
Year 10
154
87
67
Year 11
138
66
72
Year 12
53
22
31
Year 13
38
21
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
55.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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
63.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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