The Elizabethan Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Retford, DN22 7PY
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Retford Oaks Academy
Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7NJ
Local ranking37th of 45 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1295
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 11 May 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 82.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
50
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 80
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1118
- Boys
- 531 (49%)
- Girls
- 549 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1295 (83% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.5%
- EAL
- 6.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,770/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.9%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
88.9%
White British
3.3%
White Other
2.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Babworth Road
Retford, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137117
- UKPRN
- 10037076
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- DIVERSE ACADEMIES TRUST
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