Retford Oaks Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Retford, DN22 7NJ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
The Elizabethan Academy
Hallcroft Road, Retford, DN22 7PY
Local ranking32nd of 45 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1458
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 196
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
26.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
54
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 110
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1202
- Boys
- 575 (47%)
- Girls
- 655 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1458 (84% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.7%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 14.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,750/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.8%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
90.8%
White British
5.0%
White Other
0.8%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hallcroft Road
Retford, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138076
- UKPRN
- 10037017
- Establishment No.
- 4456
- Trust
- THE ELIZABETHAN ACADEMY TRUST
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