The Nottingham Emmanuel School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Apr 29 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottingham
Unique reference
139765
Address
Gresham Park Road, NG2 7YF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1132 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
25.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.1%
Persistent absence
21.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.5%
African 15.5%
Mixed 11.8%
Pakistani 11%
Other White 6.3%
Other Asian 4.2%
Indian 2.9%
Other 2.3%
Chinese 1.9%
Caribbean 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Black 1.3%
Irish 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 27%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE25
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Nottingham Emmanuel School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
179
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
151
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
78
From another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes20.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
101
92
Year 8
177
95
82
Year 9
179
100
79
Year 10
179
85
94
Year 11
192
110
82
Year 12
105
42
63
Year 13
107
41
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
84.4%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
42.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
41.0%
27.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
13.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
7.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
4.6%
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
67.0%
62.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
18.0%
15.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
3.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.2%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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