The Garibaldi School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
144687
Address
Forest Town, NG19 0JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
984 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
5%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.7%
Persistent absence
26.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.8%
Mixed 4%
Unclassified 3%
Other White 2.7%
African 2.3%
Chinese 1.4%
Indian 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 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 47%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.09
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award43
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award26
BiologyGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE174
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Garibaldi School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
207
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
209
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
82
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
20
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 classes25.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
102
107
Year 8
186
99
87
Year 9
186
91
95
Year 10
172
87
85
Year 11
174
85
89
Year 12
31
14
17
Year 13
26
16
10
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
59.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
19.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
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
59.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
12.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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