Secondary school

Bluecoat Beechdale Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Nottingham
  • NG8 3GP
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,124 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 96%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 93%93%2016/17: top 91%2017/18: top 85%85% · 2017/182018/19: top 93%2021/22: top 93%2022/23: top 96%2023/24: top 97%2024/25: top 96%No exams

Against East Midlands

Attainment 834 · East Midlands 451/10 Well below East Midlands
Grade 5+ English and maths21.4% · East Midlands 41.6%1/10 Well below East Midlands
EBacc point score2.75 · East Midlands 3.921/10 Well below East Midlands
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.67 · East Midlands −0.061/10 Well below East Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 41.4 · 84 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 37.4 · 84 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 39 · 79 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 36.1 · 120 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 37.8 · 172 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 33.7 · 179 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 32.4 · 173 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 34 · 173 pupils · East Midlands 45.0541.432.4No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 18% · 84 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 28% · 79 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 19% · 120 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 23% · 172 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 18% · 179 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 13.3% · 173 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 21.4% · 173 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%28%13.3%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
127 of 127 who put it first2014 · 93.5%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st127127
2nd7925
3rd6413

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2017Good
  6. 2022Remains Good

3 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

1 weak areas

  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026887
Free school meals (past 6 years)67.9%
First language not English15.9%
SEN support32.2%
EHC plan2.0%
Absence (sessions missed)13.3%
Persistently absent pupils36.4%

Girls 44.2%Boys 55.8%

98.6% full · 900 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.7
Pupils per adult9.3
  • Classroom teachers 44.8
  • Leadership 5.3
  • Teaching assistants 28.2
  • Other support 41.5

Teachers 50.1 FTE · Whole workforce 119.9 · 137 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,180
Spend per pupil£7,629
Staff spend per pupil£6,199
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£2,291,000in-year balance

Grants £10,178 · self-generated £2 · premises £398 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST (11 academies) · trust reserve £2,168,000 · 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

173 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained80.9%
  • Education74%
  • Apprenticeship2.3%
  • Employment4.6%
  • Not sustained13.9%
  • Unknown5.2%