Ashfield Comprehensive School

Academy converter·Secondary school Nottinghamshire·NG17 8HP
Composite score
59.7
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#1,220
National rank
#104
In East Midlands
#22
In Nottinghamshire
Top 39%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
22%
EBacc average points score
4.28

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Post-16 provision
Strong standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
408 first choices, 406 places
First choices per place
1.00
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
730
any preference, for 406 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
1.3420221.2220231.2120241.1520251.002026

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 Ashfield Comprehensive School. 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
2,584
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,995
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
89%
400 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Ashfield Comprehensive School

Ashfield Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 2,584 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 47.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% 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%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Ashfield Comprehensive School is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 408 first choices for 406 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.4%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. Ashfield Comprehensive School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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