East Midlands
Secondary schools in Nottingham
111 schools, 50,401 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.
Ofsted across Nottingham
Good54
Outstanding6
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade48
63 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 48 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Nottingham
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Nottingham | No grade | 55.3 |
| Fernwood SchoolAcademy converter | Nottingham | Outstanding 2024 | 53.8 |
| Nottingham Free SchoolFree schools | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 51.5 |
| Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyFree schools | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 51.1 |
| Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyAcademy converter | Nottingham | No grade | 49.4 |
| Bluecoat Aspley AcademyAcademy converter | Nottingham | Good 2024 | 48.6 |
| Nottingham Girls' AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Outstanding 2023 | 47.7 |
| The Nottingham Emmanuel SchoolAcademy converter | West Bridgford | No grade | 44.2 |
| The Wells AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | No grade | 43.1 |
| Park Vale AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2024 | 42.8 |
| Nottingham AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | No grade | 42.1 |
| The Oakwood AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2023 | 41.3 |
| Nottingham University Samworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2023 | 40.5 |
| Farnborough Spencer AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 38.9 |
| Djanogly City AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | No grade | 38 |
| Ellis Guilford SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2023 | 37.1 |
| The Bulwell AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | No grade | 36.1 |
| Bluecoat Beechdale AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Nottingham | Good 2022 | 34 |
| Bluecoat Trent AcademyFree schools | Nottingham | Good 2024 | — |