The National CofE Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Nottinghamshire·NG15 7DB
Composite score
53.2
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#2,133
National rank
#172
In East Midlands
#33
In Nottinghamshire
Top 67%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
42.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
57%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.72

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
261 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
1.26
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
487
any preference, for 207 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3420221.3020231.3320241.2120251.262026

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

Nottinghamshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for The National CofE Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,125
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
17.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,446
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
94%
238 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About The National CofE Academy

The National CofE Academy is a secondary school in Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,125 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 42.6 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 57% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The National CofE Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 261 first choices for 207 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 17.9 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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