Park Vale Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Nottingham, NG5 9AZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
The Bulwell Academy
Hucknall Lane, Nottingham, NG6 8AQ
Local ranking17th of 19 secondary schools in Nottingham
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 30 July 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 12.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 188
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 23
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1047
- Boys
- 520 (50%)
- Girls
- 527 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (100% full)
- SEND
- 22.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 53.9%
- EAL
- 13.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 20.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,245/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.5%
- Black African: 8.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.9%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- Black Caribbean: 1.4%
65.5%
White British
8.1%
Black African
6.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hucknall Lane
Nottingham, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 145952
- UKPRN
- 10067580
- Establishment No.
- 4010
- Trust
- CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST
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