Arnold Hill Spencer Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
146562
Address
Gedling Road, Arnold, Gedling Road,, NG5 6NZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1556 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
5.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.6%
Persistent absence
23.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.7%
Unclassified 11.4%
Mixed 9.4%
Other White 3.2%
Pakistani 2.8%
Other 1.8%
Indian 1.3%
Other Black 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
African 1%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.5
Local authority average 46.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award11
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
MultimediaTechnical Award26
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE64
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE63
ChineseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Arnold Hill Spencer Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
272
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
202
3rd preference
163
From another Local Authority
150
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
242
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
59
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
269
141
128
Year 8
264
148
116
Year 9
269
144
125
Year 10
264
146
118
Year 11
259
147
112
Year 12
100
46
54
Year 13
126
49
77
Year 14
5
3
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
83.4%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
41.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
5.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
74.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
37.0%
25.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
22.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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