Which school has the best GCSE results in Nottinghamshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, The West Bridgford School tops the table in Nottinghamshire with 62.9, against an England average of 46.0. 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.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Nottinghamshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

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. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Nottinghamshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published 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.

Nottinghamshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

65 state secondary schools in Nottinghamshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 6 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 65 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8

65 of 65 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	The West Bridgford School Nottingham · Academy converter	62.9	81%	92%	6.00	270
2	Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	58.1	74%	86%	5.19	297
3	The Becket School West Bridgford · Academy converter	57.3	65%	86%	5.43	184
4=	The Minster School Southwell · Academy converter	55.9	58%	84%	5.02	244
4=	Toot Hill School Nottingham · Academy converter	55.9	68%	86%	5.30	295
6	The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	55.3	59%	83%	4.95	196
7	Carlton le Willows Academy Gedling · Academy converter	55.1	70%	86%	4.83	279
8	Fernwood School Nottingham · Academy converter	53.8	63%	80%	4.78	297
9	Alderman White School Nottingham · Academy converter	53.6	60%	72%	4.87	150
10	The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form Nottingham · Academy converter	53.5	61%	76%	4.54	161
11=	George Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	51.7	56%	78%	4.83	275
11=	South Nottinghamshire Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	51.7	57%	81%	4.76	145
13	All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Mansfield · Academy converter	51.6	48%	76%	4.82	190
14	Nottingham Free School Nottingham · Free schools	51.5	55%	79%	4.84	119
15	Bramcote College Nottingham · Academy converter	51.3	59%	82%	4.36	125
16	Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham · Free schools	51.1	53%	75%	4.42	122
17	The Kimberley School Nottingham · Academy converter	51.0	50%	80%	4.42	230
18	Redhill Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	50.6	48%	70%	4.65	241
19	Wilsthorpe School Nottingham · Academy converter	50.5	56%	77%	4.31	209
20	Outwood Academy Valley Worksop · Academy sponsor led	50.4	59%	80%	4.59	291
21	Chilwell School Nottingham · Foundation school	50.2	55%	74%	4.46	171
22	Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	49.8	52%	73%	4.28	262
23	Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	49.4	52%	71%	4.12	151
24	Christ The King Voluntary Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.9	52%	73%	4.13	157
25	Bluecoat Aspley Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	48.6	47%	64%	4.15	186
26=	Colonel Frank Seely Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	47.9	45%	70%	4.46	123
26=	Outwood Academy Portland Worksop · Academy sponsor led	47.9	44%	70%	4.32	279
28	Ashfield Comprehensive School Nottingham · Academy converter	47.8	44%	69%	4.28	395
29	Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	47.7	43%	72%	4.33	156
30	The Suthers School Newark · Free schools	46.4	52%	76%	3.97	123
31	The Priory Belvoir Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	46.3	41%	61%	4.04	139
32	Tuxford Academy Newark · Academy converter	46.0	41%	64%	4.02	252
33	The Brunts Academy Mansfield · Academy converter	45.5	44%	66%	3.78	264
34	The Newark Academy Newark · Academy sponsor led	45.4	47%	68%	3.87	205
35	Carlton Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	45.1	46%	66%	4.01	224
36	The Garibaldi School Mansfield · Academy converter	44.4	47%	67%	4.10	174
37	The Nottingham Emmanuel School West Bridgford · Academy converter	44.2	38%	59%	3.75	191
38	Friesland School Sandiacre · Academy converter	44.1	38%	65%	4.14	210
39	Meden School Mansfield · Academy sponsor led	44.0	35%	63%	3.66	191
40	The Joseph Whitaker School Mansfield · Academy converter	43.2	38%	59%	3.91	229
41	The Wells Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	43.1	35%	59%	3.60	144
42	Hall Park Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	43.0	34%	54%	3.86	155
43	Park Vale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	42.8	37%	58%	3.90	181
44	The National CofE Academy Nottingham · Academy converter	42.6	38%	57%	3.72	200
45=	Nottingham Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	42.1	36%	56%	3.39	287
45=	The Long Eaton School Nottingham · Academy converter	42.1	36%	58%	3.56	173
47	The Oakwood Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	41.3	33%	58%	3.63	142
48	The Elizabethan Academy Retford · Academy converter	41.1	36%	55%	3.50	211
49	Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	40.5	35%	60%	3.18	165
50	Retford Oaks Academy Retford · Academy sponsor led	40.1	29%	53%	3.22	192
51	The Manor Academy Mansfield · Academy converter	39.8	34%	60%	3.29	236
52	Shirebrook Academy Mansfield · Academy sponsor led	39.5	31%	52%	3.47	153
53	Selston High School Nottingham · Academy converter	38.8	34%	56%	3.29	172
54	Djanogly City Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	38.0	30%	47%	3.39	231
55	Sutton Community Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · Academy sponsor led	37.6	37%	48%	3.03	124
56=	Ellis Guilford School Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	37.1	29%	48%	3.32	267
56=	Samworth Church Academy Mansfield · Academy sponsor led	37.1	24%	45%	3.25	179
58	Quarrydale Academy Sutton-in-Ashfield · Academy converter	36.6	24%	51%	3.32	237
59	Outwood Academy Kirkby Nottingham · Academy converter	36.1	34%	47%	3.08	83
60	Magnus Church of England Academy Newark · Academy sponsor led	35.7	21%	48%	3.08	120
61	The Dukeries Academy Newark · Academy sponsor led	34.8	21%	34%	2.89	124
62	The Holgate Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	34.3	20%	38%	2.85	212
63	Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Nottingham · Academy sponsor led	34.0	21%	35%	2.75	173
64	Aldercar High School Nottingham · Academy converter	33.9	22%	44%	2.58	99
65	Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield · Academy sponsor led	32.2	18%	36%	2.75	118

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

Independent schools in Nottinghamshire with published 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
Hollygirt School Nottingham · Other independent school	10.2	0%	51
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College Nottingham · Other independent school	54.3	65%	20
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST Other independent school	69.8	90%	80
Nottingham High School Nottingham · Other independent school	49.9	0%	107
Trent College Nottingham · Other independent school	45.2	67%	129
Worksop College Worksop · Other independent school	27.0	0%	68

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 2025 was 46.0.

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 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

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.

See the best secondary schools in Nottinghamshire on our composite score

Nottinghamshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Nottinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Nottinghamshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire GCSE results: common questions