Outwood Academy Portland

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Worksop, Nottinghamshire·S80 2SF
Composite score
59.9
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#1,206
National rank
#101
In East Midlands
#20
In Nottinghamshire
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
47.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
19%
EBacc average points score
4.32

Ofsted judgements

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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
96%
301 first choices, 295 places
First choices per place
1.02
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
567
any preference, for 295 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1120220.8420230.8420241.0120251.022026

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 Outwood Academy Portland. 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
1,726
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
15.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,329
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%
283 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Outwood Academy Portland

Outwood Academy Portland is a secondary school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,726 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 47.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 38% 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%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 96% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (301 first choices for 295 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 10.3%. There are about 20.8 pupils per teacher. Outwood Academy Portland 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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