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Best secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

43 of 44 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Nottinghamshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham 0.69 Not judged about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 The West Bridgford School Nottingham 0.59 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Alderman White School Nottingham 0.45 Good improving oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 The Newark Academy Newark 0.4 Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Toot Hill School Nottingham hidden gem 0.4 Good declining undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 The Becket School West Bridgford 0.38 Good oversubscribed 1.34 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield 0.37 Good oversubscribed 1.42 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Minster School Southwell 0.3 Good about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2024/25 approximate
9 George Spencer Academy Nottingham 0.2 Good declining about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham hidden gem 0.18 Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Redhill Academy Nottingham 0.17 Outstanding about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham 0.16 Not judged about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham 0.14 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham hidden gem 0.12 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham 0.07 Not judged about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 The Kimberley School Nottingham 0.07 Good improving about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Meden School Mansfield hidden gem 0.06 Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Outwood Academy Valley Worksop 0.05 Good about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 The National CofE Academy Nottingham 0.04 Good oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Carlton Academy Nottingham 0.03 Good oversubscribed 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 Outwood Academy Portland Worksop 0.01 Not judged about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Bramcote College Nottingham 0.0 Good improving about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 The Joseph Whitaker School Mansfield -0.02 Not judged oversubscribed 1.22 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 East Leake Academy Loughborough -0.07 Not judged about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham -0.08 Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 The Suthers School Newark -0.2 Good improving about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Tuxford Academy Newark -0.2 Good declining about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham -0.22 Not judged about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Chilwell School Nottingham hidden gem -0.28 Good undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 The Dukeries Academy Newark hidden gem -0.28 Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 The Garibaldi School Mansfield -0.35 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Selston High School Nottingham -0.41 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 The Brunts Academy Mansfield -0.41 Requires improvement about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Sutton Community Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield -0.45 Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 The Elizabethan Academy Retford -0.46 Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Magnus Church of England Academy Newark -0.5 Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Retford Oaks Academy Retford hidden gem -0.52 Good improving about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 The Manor Academy Mansfield hidden gem -0.52 Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Quarrydale Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield -0.56 Not judged declining about even 0.99 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Samworth Church Academy Mansfield -0.67 Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 Hall Park Academy Nottingham hidden gem -0.73 Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 The Holgate Academy Nottingham -0.81 Requires improvement declining undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield hidden gem -0.95 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Nottinghamshire

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Nottinghamshire, not a fairer one.

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