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Carre's Grammar School

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  • NG34 7DD
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Ofsted Good · inspected Dec 2023 Top school 2024/25

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 324 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 10%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 4%4%2016/17: top 6%2017/18: top 6%2018/19: top 9%2021/22: top 11%2022/23: top 9%2023/24: top 11%2024/25: top 10%No exams

A-level results

#54 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 858 · East Midlands 4510/10 Top 10%
Grade 5+ English and maths78.3% · East Midlands 41.6%10/10 Top 10%
EBacc point score5.46 · East Midlands 3.9210/10 Top 10%
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.01 · East Midlands −0.066/10 Middle+15.5 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry35.83 · East Midlands 33.228/10 Above−16.1 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 66.6 · 118 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 61.2 · 111 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 62.9 · 104 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 58.4 · 104 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 59.9 · 100 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 58.6 · 122 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 57.2 · 109 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 58 · 106 pupils · East Midlands 45.0566.657.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 77% · 111 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 80% · 104 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 63% · 104 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 83% · 100 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 78% · 122 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 67% · 109 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 78.3% · 106 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%83%63%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 31.87 · 140 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 32.64 · 127 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 35.6 · 141 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 36.13 · 94 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 42.5 · 119 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 35.38 · 107 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 34.42 · 107 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 35.83 · 101 pupils · East Midlands 33.2242.531.87No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in88.4%
84 of 95 who put it first2014 · 90.8%2026 · 88.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st9584
2nd10526
3rd303

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2013Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Inadequate
  5. 2023Ungraded visit
  6. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026810
Free school meals (past 6 years)9.4%
First language not English5.6%
SEN support4.8%
EHC plan0.6%
Absence (sessions missed)5.0%
Persistently absent pupils11.4%

Girls 9.5%Boys 90.5%

97.6% full · 830 places · 234 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.8
Pupils per adult15.3
  • Classroom teachers 39
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 3.3
  • Other support 26.1

Teachers 43 FTE · Whole workforce 72.5 · 88 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,393
Spend per pupil£7,548
Staff spend per pupil£5,367
Reserve per pupil£494
  • +£395,000revenue reserve
  • −£124,000in-year balance

Grants £6,760 · self-generated £726 · premises £416 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: THE ROBERT CARRE TRUST (2 academies) · trust reserve £882,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

109 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.6%
  • Education90.8%
  • Apprenticeship0.9%
  • Employment1.8%
  • Not sustained3.7%
  • Unknown2.8%