The Brunts Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Mansfield, Nottinghamshire·NG18 2AT
Composite score
56.9
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#1,620
National rank
#133
In East Midlands
#25
In Nottinghamshire
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
66%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.78

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
183 first choices, 215 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
649
any preference, for 215 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9720230.7320240.6420250.852026

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

Every child who put The Brunts Academy 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
1,397
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,158
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
91%
269 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
84%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

The Brunts Academy at a glance

Located in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, The Brunts Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,397 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.5 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 4.1 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 66% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Brunts Academy their first choice was offered one of its 215 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.7%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering The Brunts Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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