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Secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

The Kimberley School

Newdigate Street, Kimberley, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 2NJ

Ofsted Good · 2022 Sixth form Full
School website 01159387000

Ofsted

Goodas at 29 September 2022

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 29 September 2022.

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

51 England 47

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

Grade 5+ in English & maths

50% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

80% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4.4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

24% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

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

Progress 8 2023/24

0.07confidence interval -0.11 to 0.26

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
34.5

England average 32.3

A level students
87

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1393
Places
1392
How full
Full — 1393 pupils against 1392 places
Girls / boys
701 / 692
Overall absence
7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
19%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
21%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
4%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
8%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
93%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
78%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
11%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
37%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
230

After sixth form

Went to university
48%

England 50%

In education, work or training
85%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
10%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
108

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

24% 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
57%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
103

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 Broxtowe 016B, 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
28%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
78%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
5%

England 17%

Households with no car
19%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
39%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
Headteacher
Head Teacher: Andrew Park
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Ward
Kimberley
Constituency
Nottingham North and Kimberley
URN
138641

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Bulwell AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 36.1 2.4 mi
Nottingham University Samworth AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 40.5 2.5 mi
The Holgate AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 34.3 2.5 mi
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter No grade 55.3 2.7 mi
Bluecoat Beechdale AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2022 34 2.8 mi
Hall Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 43 2.9 mi
Ellis Guilford SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 37.1 2.9 mi
Nottingham Girls' AcademyAcademy sponsor led Outstanding 2023 47.7 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
Upton-by-Chester High SchoolFoundation school No grade 48.8
King James's SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 46.1
Uffculme SchoolAcademy converter No grade 52.8
Lavington SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 50.3
Oakgrove SchoolAcademy converter No grade 54.7
Chelmer Valley High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 45.3
The Arthur Terry SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 55.4
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth FormAcademy converter No grade 53.5

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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