South Nottinghamshire Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 23 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
952 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.4%
Girls
47.6%
First language not English
7.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.7%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.5%
Mixed 6.3%
Chinese 3.5%
Other White 2.5%
African 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.75
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE44
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE48
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE144
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

South Nottinghamshire Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
177
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
131
3rd preference
112
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
176
92
84
Year 8
177
93
84
Year 9
161
87
74
Year 10
156
81
75
Year 11
145
81
64
Year 12
88
45
43
Year 13
49
20
29
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
39.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
44.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
7.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
77.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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