Wilsthorpe School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Nottingham · NG10 4WT · Derbyshire
Ages 11–18
- Att848.7
- P80.3
- EM5+58%
- Absence8.3%
0.8 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 136716
The Long Eaton School
Academy converter · Nottingham · NG10 3NP
Ages 11–18 · 1,121 pupils · Derbyshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Attainment 8
42.6
Overall absence
10.3%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-02-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.33
−20+2
Attainment 842.6
English & maths grade 5+41%
English & maths grade 4+63%
EBacc entry17%
EBacc APS: 3.7
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence10.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)27.4%
Unauthorised3.9%
- Authorised absence
- 6.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 6.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,044
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill91%
1,121 pupils · 1,237 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,121
- Boys / girls
- 576 / 545
- School capacity
- 1,237
- Capacity fill
- 1,121 / 1,237 (91%)
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- FSM pupils
- 345
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
- Sponsor
- Archway Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Shipman
Location
- Address
- Thoresby Road, Long Eaton
- Postcode
- NG10 3NP
- Town
- Nottingham
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- Erewash
- Constituency
- Erewash
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Nottingham, Derbyshire, 1,121 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 35.2%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
George Spencer Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Nottingham · NG9 7EW · Nottinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att851.7
- P80.2
- EM5+59%
- Absence8.4%
2.1 miles away
Friesland School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Sandiacre · NG10 5AF · Derbyshire
Ages 11–18
- Att845.9
- P80.0
- EM5+47%
- Absence10.3%
2.2 miles away
Chilwell School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFoundation school · Secondary
Nottingham · NG9 5AL · Nottinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att847.7
- P8-0.3
- EM5+47%
- Absence8.0%
2.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Shipman
- Telephone
- 01159732438