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
1277 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
56.5%
Girls
43.5%
First language not English
31.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.6%
Persistent absence
31.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 43.5%
Mixed 16.9%
African 9.9%
Other White 7.1%
Pakistani 5.7%
Indian 4.2%
Other Asian 3%
Other 2.7%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other Black 1.9%
Caribbean 1.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.23
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 27%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 17%
Local authority average 36%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.5
Local authority average 42.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 3.63
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award60
Art & DesignTechnical Award31
Health StudiesTechnical Award85
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE55
BiologyGCSE11
ChemistryGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE64
English LanguageGCSE262
English LiteratureGCSE251
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ellis Guilford School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
219
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
52
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
129
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
148
101
Year 8
243
143
100
Year 9
254
125
129
Year 10
262
164
98
Year 11
269
142
127
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
81.7%
86.5%
Further education
55.0%
39.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
29.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
18.0%
13.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
8.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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