Christ The King Voluntary Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Nottinghamshire·NG5 7JZ
Composite score
61.1
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#1,073
National rank
#84
In East Midlands
#19
In Nottinghamshire
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.13

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
142 first choices, 154 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
439
any preference, for 154 places
Applications from another council area
25%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6320220.8820230.7120240.7120250.922026

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 Christ The King Voluntary 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
845
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
23.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,081
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
96%
140 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Christ The King Voluntary Academy at a glance

Located in Nottinghamshire, Christ The King Voluntary Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 845 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 48.9, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.3 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 34% of secondary schools nationally.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 98% of the families who made Christ The King Voluntary Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. Christ The King Voluntary Academy 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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