The Nottingham Emmanuel School

Academy converter·Secondary school West Bridgford, Nottingham·NG2 7YF
Composite score
55.2
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#1,866
National rank
#153
In East Midlands
#8
In Nottingham
Top 59%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
7%
EBacc average points score
3.75

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
86%
146 first choices, 177 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
414
any preference, for 177 places
Applications from another council area
16%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1820221.0120231.0020240.8420250.822026

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham Emmanuel 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
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,132
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
48.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
25.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,884
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
90%
198 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Nottingham Emmanuel School is a secondary school serving West Bridgford, Nottingham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,132 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.1 points year on 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%. 59% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 86% of the families who made The Nottingham Emmanuel School 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, 90% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 15.8 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 48% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. The Nottingham Emmanuel 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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