Secondary school

The Oakwood Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Nottingham
  • NG5 9PJ
  • No sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jul 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,396 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 74%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 39%39%2016/17: top 73%2017/18: top 59%2018/19: top 67%2021/22: top 83%2022/23: top 75%2023/24: top 82%2024/25: top 74%No exams

Against East Midlands

Attainment 841.3 · East Midlands 454/10 Below+12.6 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths33.1% · East Midlands 41.6%3/10 Below+8.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.63 · East Midlands 3.924/10 Below
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.75 · East Midlands −0.061/10 Well below East Midlands−25.6 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51.7 · 140 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 42 · 129 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 44.2 · 134 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 43.1 · 114 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 41.6 · 146 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 41 · 144 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 39.2 · 151 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 41.3 · 142 pupils · East Midlands 45.0551.739.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 29% · 129 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 40% · 134 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 32% · 114 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 32% · 146 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 34% · 144 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 29.8% · 151 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 33.1% · 142 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%40%29%No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
142 of 142 who put it first2014 · 96.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st142142
2nd867
3rd361

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  5. 2017Inadequate
  6. 2018Ungraded visit
  7. 2019Requires improvement
  8. 2023Good

4 strong areas

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

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026737
Free school meals (past 6 years)40.4%
First language not English11.7%
SEN support15.7%
EHC plan1.1%
Absence (sessions missed)12.0%
Persistently absent pupils33.4%

Girls 53.4%Boys 46.6%

98.3% full · 750 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.8
Pupils per adult9.5
  • Classroom teachers 41.7
  • Leadership 8
  • Teaching assistants 13.7
  • Other support 27.5

Teachers 49.7 FTE · Whole workforce 90.9 · 106 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,860
Spend per pupil£10,201
Staff spend per pupil£7,020
Reserve per pupil£1,440
  • +£1,077,000revenue reserve
  • +£493,000in-year balance

Grants £10,412 · self-generated £511 · premises £1,749 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST (19 academies) · trust reserve £3,965,000 · 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

151 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.4%
  • Education86.8%
  • Apprenticeship0.7%
  • Employment2%
  • Not sustained6.6%
  • Unknown4%