Secondary school

Nottingham Free School

  • Free School
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Nottingham
  • NG5 1EB
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jun 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 780 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 24%

Top % in England, by year
2018/19: top 19%19%2021/22: top 24%2022/23: top 29%2023/24: top 21%2024/25: top 24%No exams

A-level results

#119 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 851.5 · East Midlands 458/10 Above
Grade 5+ English and maths54.6% · East Midlands 41.6%8/10 Above
EBacc point score4.84 · East Midlands 3.929/10 Top 20%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.29 · East Midlands −0.068/10 Above−5.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry31.1 · East Midlands 33.24/10 Below−9.3 pts since 21/22
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Attainment 8
2018/19: 53.2 · 87 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 54.3 · 101 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 50.5 · 112 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 52.7 · 111 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 51.5 · 119 pupils · East Midlands 45.0554.350.5No exams

No exams 2019/20–21

Grade 5+ English and maths
2018/19: 59% · 87 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 61% · 101 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 53% · 112 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 58.6% · 111 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 54.6% · 119 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%61%53%No exams

No exams 2019/20–21

A level points per entry
2021/22: 35.73 · 33 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 34 · 16 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 35.55 · 36 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 31.1 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 33.2235.7331.1

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in60.5%
112 of 185 who put it first2015 · 76.0%2026 · 60.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st185112
2nd1505
3rd1042

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2017–2022

  1. 2017Good
  2. 2022Remains Good

4 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

4 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026699
Free school meals (past 6 years)27.7%
First language not English17.4%
SEN support10.0%
EHC plan1.2%
Absence (sessions missed)5.6%
Persistently absent pupils12.7%

Girls 44.4%Boys 55.6%

111.7% full · 626 places · 75 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.5
Pupils per adult12.8
  • Classroom teachers 34.1
  • Leadership 5.8
  • Teaching assistants 8
  • Other support 15.8

Teachers 39.9 FTE · Whole workforce 63.6 · 75 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,991
Spend per pupil£7,652
Staff spend per pupil£5,985
Reserve per pupil−£382
  • −£258,000revenue reserve
  • +£229,000in-year balance

Grants £7,953 · self-generated £59 · premises £247 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: NOVA EDUCATION TRUST (17 academies) · trust reserve £10,153,000 · 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

111 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.7%
  • Education93.7%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained4.5%
  • Unknown1.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

37 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.9%
  • Education75.7%
  • Higher education70.3%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment16.2%
  • Not sustained2.7%
  • Unknown5.4%