Secondary school

The Becket School

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Nottinghamshire
  • NG2 7QY
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Sep 2022 Top school 2024/25

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 350 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 11%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 12%12%2016/17: top 9%2017/18: top 8%8% · 2017/182018/19: top 11%2021/22: top 10%2022/23: top 10%2023/24: top 12%2024/25: top 11%No exams

A-level results

#62 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 MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2021/22

Attainment 857.3 · East Midlands 4510/10 Top 10%
Grade 5+ English and maths64.7% · East Midlands 41.6%10/10 Top 10%
EBacc point score5.43 · East Midlands 3.9210/10 Top 10%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.38 · East Midlands −0.069/10 Top 20%
A level points per entry35.31 · East Midlands 33.228/10 Above−18.7 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 58.1 · 169 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 56.8 · 167 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 58.7 · 164 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 56.9 · 168 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 60.4 · 163 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 57.9 · 172 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 56.9 · 183 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 57.3 · 184 pupils · East Midlands 45.0560.456.8No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 65% · 167 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 67% · 164 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 60% · 168 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 73% · 163 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 66% · 172 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 66.7% · 183 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 64.7% · 184 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%73%60%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 33.55 · 120 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 32.21 · 137 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 33.95 · 153 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 34.91 · 134 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 41.57 · 104 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 36.19 · 122 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 34.17 · 115 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 35.31 · 158 pupils · East Midlands 33.2241.5732.21No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in72.9%
167 of 229 who put it first2014 · 66.9%2026 · 72.9%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st229167
2nd1524
3rd2510

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2017Ungraded visit
  4. 2022Good

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 20261,157
Free school meals (past 6 years)18.9%
First language not English32.7%
SEN support7.8%
EHC plan0.3%
Absence (sessions missed)5.8%
Persistently absent pupils14.2%

Girls 52%Boys 48%

106.4% full · 1,087 places · 276 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.8
Pupils per adult12.1
  • Classroom teachers 58.8
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 16.2
  • Other support 24.6

Teachers 64.8 FTE · Whole workforce 105.7 · 126 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,580
Spend per pupil£7,003
Staff spend per pupil£5,736
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£680,000in-year balance

Grants £7,430 · self-generated £150 · premises £199 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: OUR LADY OF LOURDES CATHOLIC MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST (36 academies) · trust reserve £5,691,000 · 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

183 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained98.4%
  • Education96.2%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment1.1%
  • Not sustained0.5%
  • Unknown1.1%

After sixth form (16–18)

116 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.1%
  • Education67.2%
  • Higher education66.4%
  • Apprenticeship5.2%
  • Employment20.7%
  • Not sustained4.3%
  • Unknown2.6%