Which school had the best GCSE results in Nottingham in 2024?

On 2024 Attainment 8, Rushcliffe Spencer Academy topped the table in Nottingham with 59.4, against an England average of 45.9. 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 2024 archive (the 2023/24 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 2024 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

38 state secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on their 2024 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2023/24 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 2024 archive of the table. See the latest Nottingham GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 39 state secondary schools 2023/24 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

38 of 39 schools have published 2024 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/24.

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8, 2024 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	45.9	0.00	46%	65%	4.07	–
1 , up 1 place since 2023	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	59.4	+0.69 (0.53 to 0.85)	75%	89%	5.28	315
2 , up 1 place since 2023	Fernwood School Nottingham · Academy converter	59.2	+0.60 (0.41 to 0.79)	73%	89%	5.27	217
3 , down 2 places since 2023	The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Academy converter	57.4	+0.59 (0.42 to 0.77)	73%	87%	5.43	267
4	Toot Hill School Nottingham · Academy converter	56.9	+0.40 (0.23 to 0.57)	66%	82%	5.32	296
5 , up 6 places since 2023	South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	54.0	+0.18 (-0.06 to 0.43)	62%	83%	5.05	138
6	The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	53.9	+0.10 (-0.11 to 0.30)	55%	80%	4.82	193
7 , up 3 places since 2023	Nottingham Free School Nottingham · Free schools	52.7	+0.29 (0.02 to 0.56)	59%	80%	4.90	111
8 , down 3 places since 2023	Alderman White School Nottingham · Academy converter	52.2	+0.45 (0.22 to 0.68)	53%	70%	4.78	154
9 , down 2 places since 2023	The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · Academy converter	52.0	+0.16 (-0.07 to 0.39)	60%	75%	4.62	156
10 , down 1 place since 2023	George Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	51.7	+0.20 (0.03 to 0.37)	59%	77%	4.84	270
11 , up 6 places since 2023	Redhill Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	50.0	+0.17 (-0.01 to 0.34)	49%	68%	4.64	253
12 , down 4 places since 2023	Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.8	+0.03 (-0.19 to 0.25)	49%	68%	4.04	160
13 , up 8 places since 2023	Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	48.7	+0.22 (-0.01 to 0.44)	49%	73%	4.49	157
14 , up 1 place since 2023	The Kimberley School Nottingham · Academy converter	48.3	+0.07 (-0.11 to 0.26)	56%	73%	4.26	227
15 , up 4 places since 2023	Bluecoat Aspley Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.2	+0.02 (-0.18 to 0.22)	53%	72%	4.09	194
16 , up 7 places since 2023	Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.1	+0.07 (-0.11 to 0.24)	52%	72%	4.22	261
17= , down 1 place since 2023	Bramcote College Nottingham · Academy converter	47.9	+0.00 (-0.26 to 0.26)	49%	67%	4.20	132
17= , down 4 places since 2023	Carlton Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	47.9	+0.03 (-0.16 to 0.22)	46%	68%	4.40	212
19 , down 1 place since 2023	Chilwell School Nottingham · Foundation school	47.7	-0.28 (-0.52 to -0.04)	47%	67%	4.22	171
20	Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	47.6	+0.12 (-0.11 to 0.36)	49%	72%	3.99	150
21 , up 1 place since 2023	Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	46.0	+0.14 (-0.09 to 0.37)	43%	61%	4.24	153
22= , down 10 places since 2023	Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham · Free schools	45.9	-0.16 (-0.43 to 0.11)	53%	71%	3.98	118
22= , up 2 places since 2023	The National CofE Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	45.9	+0.04 (-0.16 to 0.23)	44%	62%	3.99	206
24 , down 10 places since 2023	Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · Academy converter	45.4	-0.08 (-0.22 to 0.06)	43%	65%	4.11	412
25 , up 4 places since 2023	Park Vale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	44.0	-0.06 (-0.28 to 0.16)	35%	58%	4.03	168
26 , down 1 place since 2023	Hall Park Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	41.3	-0.73 (-0.96 to -0.51)	36%	54%	3.83	153
27 , up 1 place since 2023	Nottingham Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.6	-0.17 (-0.34 to 0.01)	34%	51%	3.26	278
28 , up 2 places since 2023	Djanogly City Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.5	-0.13 (-0.35 to 0.10)	36%	57%	3.75	193
29 , down 2 places since 2023	The Oakwood Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.75 (-0.98 to -0.51)	30%	52%	3.58	151
30= , down 4 places since 2023	Selston High School Nottingham · Academy converter	39.1	-0.41 (-0.63 to -0.19)	32%	55%	3.36	161
30= , up 6 places since 2023	The Holgate Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	39.1	-0.81 (-1.00 to -0.63)	28%	49%	3.37	235
32 , up 1 place since 2023	Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	38.4	-0.61 (-0.84 to -0.37)	30%	57%	3.05	155
33 , up 2 places since 2023	Ellis Guilford School Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.8	-0.43 (-0.61 to -0.24)	28%	47%	3.25	258
34 , up 4 places since 2023	Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · Academy converter	35.5	-0.22 (-0.55 to 0.11)	36%	50%	3.15	72
35 , down 4 places since 2023	The Wells Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	34.2	-0.95 (-1.21 to -0.69)	26%	48%	2.96	132
36 , down 4 places since 2023	The Bulwell Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	34.1	-0.72 (-0.93 to -0.52)	26%	48%	2.82	191
37 , down 3 places since 2023	Farnborough Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	33.8	-0.64 (-0.87 to -0.41)	21%	41%	3.06	157
38 , down 1 place since 2023	Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	32.4	-0.67 (-0.88 to -0.45)	13%	31%	2.60	173
–	Bluecoat Trent Academy Nottingham · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2024	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2023 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2023 result.

Independent schools in Nottingham with published 2024 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	6.8	0%	21
Hollygirt School Nottingham · Other independent school	24.6	0%	29
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College Nottingham · Other independent school	48.7	55%	20
Nottingham High School Nottingham · Other independent school	50.6	0%	115

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 2024 was 45.9.

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 2024 archive of the table: each school's 2024 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2024 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 2024: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Nottingham ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Nottingham with published 2024 GCSE results

More about schools in Nottingham

Nottingham GCSE results: common questions