Bluecoat Beechdale Academy is a secondary school located in Nottingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/02/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Harvey Road, Nottingham, NG8 3GP
Website: www.bluecoatbeechdale.co.uk
Telephone: 01159135211
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Nottingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Sarah Bailey
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 140369

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/02/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 900
Number of Pupils: 894
Number of Boys: 469
Number of Girls: 425

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.56 Confidence interval -0.82 to -0.3
Of the 120 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 95 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:12%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:75%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:19%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.93
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre
Denman Street West, Radford NG7 3AB 		2,733 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Glenbrook Spencer Academy
Wigman Road, Bilborough NG8 4PD 		291 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedBluecoat Primary Academy
Harvey Road, Bilborough NG8 3BB 		326 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Kingsbury Drive, Aspley NG8 3EP 		589 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy
Highwood Avenue, Bilborough NG8 3AF 		642 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School
Fircroft Avenue, Bilborough NG8 3AL 		830 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Harvey Road, Bilborough NG8 3GP 		0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
Beechdale Road, Aspley NG8 3EZ 		388 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Nottingham Girls' Academy
Robin's Wood Road, NG8 3LD 		822 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Girls More About School
3out of 4Bluecoat Aspley Academy
Aspley Lane, Aspley NG8 5GY 		1,436 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
- not ratedBluecoat Trent Academy
Aspley Lane, NG8 5GY 		1,561 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedBilborough College
Bilborough Road, Bilborough NG8 4DQ 		1,620 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4Oak Field School
Wigman Road, Bilborough NG8 3HW 		449 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Woodlands Academy
Beechdale Road, Aspley NG8 3EZ 		473 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Westbury Academy
Chingford Road, Bilborough NG8 3BT 		919 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedTake 1 Learning Centre
Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE 		3,222 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedFig Tree Primary School
30 Bentinck Road, Hyson Green NG7 4AF 		3,256 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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