Ellis Guilford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Nottingham
Unique reference
146539
Address
Bar Lane, Basford, NG6 0HT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1247 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
34.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.1%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.1%
Mixed 16%
African 13.9%
Other White 7.5%
Pakistani 5.9%
Indian 4.5%
Other Asian 3%
Other 2.6%
Other Black 1.7%
Caribbean 1.5%
Unclassified 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 27%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.1
Local authority average 42.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.32
Local authority average 3.72
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award40
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE58
BiologyGCSE2
Business Studies:SingleGCSE130
ChemistryGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE57
English LanguageGCSE267
English LiteratureGCSE260
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Ellis Guilford School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
109
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
109
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes25.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
126
96
Year 8
263
156
107
Year 9
246
140
106
Year 10
251
126
125
Year 11
265
162
103
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
84.4%
85.5%
Further education
56.0%
42.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
11.0%
27.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
11.0%
13.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
7.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
4.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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