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Secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Queen Elizabeth's Academy

Chesterfield Road South, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 7AP

Ofsted Good · 2023 Sixth form
School website 01623623559

Ofsted

Goodas at 18 April 2023

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 April 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

32.2 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

18% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

36% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

2.8 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

14% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.95confidence interval -1.19 to -0.70

Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well below 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.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
886
Places
1150
How full
77% full — 886 of 1150 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
441 / 445
Overall absence
12%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
34%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
43%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
20%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
13%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
82%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
76%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
2%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
7%
No sustained destination
12%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
126

After sixth form

Went to university
50%

England 50%

In education, work or training
88%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
13%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
8

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. 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 Mansfield 004E, 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
27%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
20%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
76%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
5%

England 17%

Households with no car
13%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
36%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
DIVERSE ACADEMIES TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Caroline Saxelby
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Ward
West Bank
Constituency
Mansfield
URN
144486

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter Good 2022 51.6 0.4 mi
The Brunts AcademyAcademy converter No grade 45.5 0.8 mi
The Manor AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 39.8 1.3 mi
Samworth Church AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 37.1 1.6 mi
Quarrydale AcademyAcademy converter No grade 36.6 2.8 mi
The Garibaldi SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 44.4 3 mi
Sutton Community AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 37.6 3.1 mi
Shirebrook AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 39.5 3.9 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
Liberty AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 29.2
Shirley High School Performing Arts CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 37.7
Co-op Academy BebingtonAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 37.3
Nottingham University Samworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 40.5
South Bank University AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 41.5
John Smeaton AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 29.5
Ark John Keats AcademyFree schools Good 2023 50.1
Duke's AldridgeAcademy converter No grade 38.1

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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