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Secondary school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire

Outwood Academy Portland

Netherton Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2SF

Sixth form
School website 01909471010

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 24 September 2024.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

47.9 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

44% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

70% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.3 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

30% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.01confidence interval -0.16 to 0.18

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
31.7

England average 32.3

A level students
96

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1706
Places
1720
How full
Nearly full — 1706 of 1720 places taken
Girls / boys
869 / 837
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
27%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
29%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
16%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
11%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
91%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
83%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
35%
No sustained destination
6%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
283

After sixth form

Went to university
48%

England 50%

In education, work or training
85%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
110

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

26% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
74%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
92

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Bassetlaw 013A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
37%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
14%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
87%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
3%

England 17%

Households with no car
9%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
45%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Headteacher
Principal: Danielle Sheehan
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Ward
Worksop South
Constituency
Bassetlaw
URN
138248

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Worksop CollegeOther independent school No grade 0.7 mi
Outwood Academy ValleyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 50.4 1.7 mi
Meden SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 44 6 mi
Heritage High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 40 6.3 mi
Dinnington High SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 42.3 6.6 mi
Retford Oaks AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 40.1 6.9 mi
Wales High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 45.3 7.3 mi
Shirebrook AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.5 7.3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreVoluntary aided school Good 2023 41.8
Lostock High SchoolCommunity school No grade 43.7
Maltby AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 42
Oxford Spires AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 46.3
Chestnut Grove AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 55.1
Highams Park SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 47.5
The Deepings SchoolAcademy converter No grade 38.6
Sir Harry Smith Community CollegeAcademy converter No grade 40.6

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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