Aldercar High School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy converter · Secondary
Nottingham · NG16 4HL · Derbyshire
Ages 11–18
- Att837.9
- P8-0.4
- EM5+33%
- Absence11.5%
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 140992
Hall Park Academy
Academy sponsor led · Nottingham · NG16 3EA
Ages 11–18 · 867 pupils · Nottinghamshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
41.3
Overall absence
8.4%
Admissions demand
0.93 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.73
−20+2
Attainment 841.3
English & maths grade 5+36%
English & maths grade 4+54%
EBacc entry56%
EBacc APS: 3.8
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.0%
Unauthorised3.4%
- Authorised absence
- 5.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 834
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.93 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
141
Places offered
162
1st-preference offers
141
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 217
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 152
- Applications from outside LA
- 12
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 6
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill79%
867 pupils · 1,100 places
- Pupils on roll
- 867
- Boys / girls
- 459 / 408
- School capacity
- 1,100
- Capacity fill
- 867 / 1,100 (79%)
- Free school meals
- 32.6%
- FSM pupils
- 252
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- REDHILL ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Redhill Academy Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr David Crossley
Location
- Address
- Mansfield Road, Eastwood
- Postcode
- NG16 3EA
- Town
- Nottingham
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- District
- Broxtowe
- Constituency
- Broxtowe
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 867 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 32.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Heanor · DE75 7RA · Derbyshire
Ages 11–18
- Att848.8
- P80.1
- EM5+47%
- Absence7.7%
2.5 miles away
The Kimberley School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Nottingham · NG16 2NJ · Nottinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att848.3
- P80.1
- EM5+56%
- Absence8.1%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Crossley
- Telephone
- 01773786212