Magnus Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Requires improvement
Feb 4 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
140549
Address
Earp Avenue, NG24 4AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
745 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
54.1%
Girls
45.9%
First language not English
15.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.5%
Other White 12.9%
Mixed 5.5%
Indian 1.6%
African 1.6%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.7
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.07
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award23
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE19
DanceGCSE8
English LanguageGCSE119
English LiteratureGCSE119
GeographyGCSE36
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Magnus Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
97
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
79
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
52
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
79
2nd preference
6
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 classes19.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
139
83
56
Year 8
141
76
65
Year 9
120
71
49
Year 10
137
69
68
Year 11
121
62
59
Year 12
42
18
24
Year 13
45
24
21
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
31.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
38.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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