Meden School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 27 2023 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
138411
Address
Burns Lane, Warsop, NG20 0QN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1064 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
5%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.2%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 97.2%
Other White 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
African 0.4%
Mixed 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.66
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award35
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award50
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award53
MultimediaTechnical Award41
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award10
BiologyGCSE66
ChemistryGCSE65
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Meden School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
186
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
22
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes23.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
105
104
Year 8
195
104
91
Year 9
199
85
114
Year 10
196
85
111
Year 11
191
106
85
Year 12
39
15
24
Year 13
35
16
19
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
54.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
22.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
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
82.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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