Bluecoat Trent Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Nottingham, NG5 1AJ
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Nottingham Free School
The Courtaulds Building, 290 Haydn Road, Nottingham, NG5 1EB
Local ranking4th of 19 secondary schools in Nottingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
626
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 9 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 116
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
31
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 75
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 673
- Boys
- 373 (53%)
- Girls
- 326 (47%)
- Capacity
- 626 (112% full)
- SEND
- 11.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.7%
- EAL
- 17.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,652/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
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 44.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 20.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.5%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.3%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Other: 2.6%
44.0%
White British
20.5%
Asian Pakistani
6.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Courtaulds Building
Nottingham, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 141010
- UKPRN
- 10046727
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
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