Toot Hill School

Academy converter·Secondary school Nottinghamshire·NG13 8BL
Composite score
69.9
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#410
National rank
#24
In East Midlands
#4
In Nottinghamshire
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
68%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
86%
% EBacc grade 5+
39%
EBacc average points score
5.30

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
231 first choices, 281 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
636
any preference, for 281 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.9420230.8320240.9420250.822026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Toot Hill School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,907
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,841
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
297 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Toot Hill School at a glance

Located in Nottinghamshire, Toot Hill School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,907 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 55.9, above the national average of 46. That is down 1.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of secondary schools in England.

68% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 86% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Toot Hill School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 231 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 20.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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