Which school had the best GCSE results in Nottingham in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, The West Bridgford School topped the table in Nottingham with 61.9, against an England average of 46.3. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Nottingham GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Nottingham are on the main Nottingham GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Nottingham show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Nottingham GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

38 state secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 1 school with no published results is listed at the end. 4 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Nottingham GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 39 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

38 of 39 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Academy converter	61.9	+0.80 (0.63 to 0.97)	79%	92%	5.83	262
2	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	59.2	+0.84 (0.68 to 0.99)	72%	87%	5.18	331
3	Fernwood School Nottingham · Academy converter	57.8	+0.43 (0.24 to 0.63)	70%	85%	5.07	211
4	Toot Hill School Nottingham · Academy converter	55.1	+0.43 (0.27 to 0.60)	68%	82%	5.15	297
5 , up 2 places since 2022	Alderman White School Nottingham · Academy converter	54.2	+0.51 (0.24 to 0.78)	56%	75%	5.02	142
6 , down 1 place since 2022	The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	52.8	+0.13 (-0.07 to 0.34)	56%	72%	4.54	189
7 , up 3 places since 2022	The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · Academy converter	52.3	+0.16 (-0.07 to 0.40)	59%	73%	4.40	148
8 , up 3 places since 2022	Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	52.1	+0.44 (0.21 to 0.67)	54%	77%	4.56	149
9 , up 4 places since 2022	George Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	50.6	+0.03 (-0.13 to 0.20)	54%	76%	4.66	270
10 , down 2 places since 2022	Nottingham Free School Nottingham · Free schools	50.5	+0.09 (-0.17 to 0.36)	53%	71%	4.63	112
11 , down 6 places since 2022	South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	49.9	+0.36 (0.12 to 0.60)	43%	73%	4.54	139
12 , up 4 places since 2022	Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham · Free schools	49.7	-0.01 (-0.27 to 0.26)	49%	74%	4.11	118
13 , up 12 places since 2022	Carlton Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	49.5	+0.21 (0.02 to 0.41)	53%	71%	4.42	206
14 , up 4 places since 2022	Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · Academy converter	49.0	+0.10 (-0.04 to 0.24)	49%	72%	4.20	400
15 , down 7 places since 2022	The Kimberley School Nottingham · Academy converter	48.9	+0.23 (0.05 to 0.41)	46%	73%	4.25	230
16 , up 7 places since 2022	Bramcote College Nottingham · Academy converter	48.8	+0.03 (-0.25 to 0.31)	53%	69%	4.14	120
17 , down 3 places since 2022	Redhill Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.4	+0.19 (0.01 to 0.37)	43%	66%	4.42	237
18 , up 1 place since 2022	Chilwell School Nottingham · Foundation school	47.2	-0.10 (-0.34 to 0.13)	44%	70%	4.18	169
19 , up 1 place since 2022	Bluecoat Aspley Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	46.9	+0.10 (-0.10 to 0.31)	46%	70%	3.90	187
20 , down 3 places since 2022	Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	45.4	+0.01 (-0.23 to 0.25)	46%	70%	3.70	140
21 , down 9 places since 2022	Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	45.1	+0.03 (-0.21 to 0.27)	39%	67%	4.11	147
22 , down 1 place since 2022	Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	45.0	+0.02 (-0.23 to 0.27)	35%	54%	4.03	127
23 , down 8 places since 2022	Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	44.5	-0.21 (-0.38 to -0.03)	45%	66%	3.84	256
24 , down 2 places since 2022	The National CofE Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	43.6	-0.10 (-0.28 to 0.08)	39%	61%	3.78	238
25 , up 2 places since 2022	Hall Park Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	43.0	-0.36 (-0.58 to -0.15)	32%	60%	3.96	168
26 , down 2 places since 2022	Selston High School Nottingham · Academy converter	42.3	-0.21 (-0.43 to 0.00)	33%	58%	3.61	170
27 , up 2 places since 2022	The Oakwood Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	41.0	-0.24 (-0.47 to 0.00)	34%	58%	3.82	144
28 , up 6 places since 2022	Nottingham Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.6	-0.59 (-0.78 to -0.40)	32%	54%	3.33	248
29 , up 6 places since 2022	Park Vale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.3	-0.11 (-0.34 to 0.11)	28%	51%	3.62	158
30 , down 2 places since 2022	Djanogly City Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.9	-0.14 (-0.40 to 0.13)	31%	52%	3.66	153
31 , up 1 place since 2022	The Wells Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	38.5	-0.64 (-0.91 to -0.36)	28%	51%	3.33	126
32 , down 2 places since 2022	The Bulwell Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.38 (-0.59 to -0.18)	28%	51%	3.14	189
33 , down 7 places since 2022	Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.7	-0.36 (-0.59 to -0.13)	27%	48%	2.98	164
34 , down 1 place since 2022	Farnborough Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.1	-0.64 (-0.87 to -0.40)	21%	48%	2.95	146
35 , down 4 places since 2022	Ellis Guilford School Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	36.5	-0.59 (-0.77 to -0.41)	17%	41%	3.01	266
36 , up 1 place since 2022	The Holgate Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	33.9	-1.03 (-1.24 to -0.82)	15%	38%	2.79	181
37 , down 1 place since 2022	Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	33.7	-0.65 (-0.86 to -0.44)	18%	38%	2.83	179
38	Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · Academy converter	32.5	-0.79 (-1.11 to -0.47)	27%	42%	2.87	77
–	Bluecoat Trent Academy Nottingham · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Nottingham with published 2023 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
FUEL Nottingham · Other independent school	7.8	0%	14
Hollygirt School Nottingham · Other independent school	25.4	0%	29
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College Nottingham · Other independent school	46.0	58%	33
Nottingham High School Nottingham · Other independent school	49.9	0%	117

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Nottingham GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Nottingham on our composite score

Nottingham GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Nottingham with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Nottingham

Nottingham GCSE results: common questions