Quarrydale Academy
Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU · Nottinghamshire · secondary school
42nd of 45 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.2/10 against 599 of them, against 1.0/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 24.1 · 8 | 46% | 0.36 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.56 · 13 | 38% | 0.51 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 36.6 · 9 | 15% | 0.14 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 24.1% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 36.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.56 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than peers nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.2 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.0 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. The school has 1277 pupils in a capacity of 1550, leaving 273 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between their current attainment and the national median? What specific interventions are in place for students with a negative Progress 8 score? How do you maintain engagement in classes that are significantly smaller than the building’s capacity?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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