Nottingham Free School is a secondary school located in Nottingham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding, overall effectiveness and quality of education are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/06/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: The Courtaulds Building, Nottingham, NG5 1EB
Website: http://www.nottinghamfreeschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01158964949
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Nottingham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Mark Watts
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 141010

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 21/06/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 626
Number of Pupils: 612
Number of Boys: 343
Number of Girls: 269

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.38 Confidence interval 0.1 to 0.65
Of the 87 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 84 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:58%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:59%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:53.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.96
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Nottingham Nursery School and Training Centre
Denman Street West , Radford NG7 3AB
4out of 4 3,014 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Carrington Primary and Nursery School
Jenner Street , Carrington NG5 2BF
3out of 4 731 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Claremont Primary and Nursery School
Claremont Road , NG5 1BH
3out of 4 748 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Djanogly Sherwood Academy
Sherwood Rise , Sherwood NG7 7AR
- not rated 773 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Haydn Primary School
Haydn Road , Sherwood NG5 2JU
4out of 4 823 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Seely Primary School
Perry Road , Sherwood NG5 3AE
3out of 4 912 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Nottingham Free School
The Courtaulds Building , 290 Haydn Road NG5 1EB
3out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Djanogly City Academy
Gregory Boulevard , Nottingham Road NG7 6ND
3out of 4 1,593 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Wells Academy
Ransom Drive , NG3 5LR
- not rated 2,171 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Ellis Guilford School
Bar Lane , Basford NG6 0HT
1out of 4 2,201 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Bluecoat Trent Academy
Aspley Lane , NG8 5GY
- not rated 2,674 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
FUEL
Unit 7 , Ellesmere Business Park NG5 1DX
- not rated 155 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Hospital and Home Education PRU
Sherwood Education Centre, Perry Road , NG5 3AE
2out of 4 918 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College
Forest House , Berkeley Avenue NG3 5TT
- not rated 1,570 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
Green Crescent School
Green Academy , Queensberry Street NG6 0DG
- not rated 1,687 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Take 1 Learning Centre
Gregory Boulevard , Nottingham NG7 6BE
- not rated 1,777 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.