Nuneaton Academy
Radnor Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 7PD
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Nuneaton Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr Mark Dalton
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 928
- URN
- 136158
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
About this school
Nuneaton Academy was a secondary academy in Nuneaton. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 928 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Nuneaton Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2010, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 140 | 164 |
| Attainment 8 score | 36.4 | 33.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.46 -0.70 to -0.22 | -0.55 -0.77 to -0.33 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% | 47% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 11% | 11.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 2.8 |
Trends over time
How Nuneaton Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Warwickshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36.4 | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 33.9 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How Nuneaton Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 1% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 17.2% | 40% | 928 | — |
| Nuneaton Academy | 44.2 | 14.9% | 42.7% | 977 | 0.0 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College | 47.5 | 7.5% | 20.5% | 1,067 | 0.9 miles |
| Hartshill Academy | 41 | 11.4% | 38.2% | 988 | 1.9 miles |
| George Eliot Academy | 45.8 | 8.6% | 36.6% | 815 | 1.9 miles |
| Etone College | 47.3 | 8% | 30.4% | 1,164 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 17.2%
- Persistent absence
- 47.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Nuneaton Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College0.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
-
Hartshill Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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George Eliot Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
-
Etone College2.0 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
- Etone College Secondary
- George Eliot Academy Secondary
- Hartshill Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane North Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane School Secondary
- Nuneaton Academy Secondary
- Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy Secondary
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College Secondary
- The Market Bosworth School Secondary
- Stockingford Maintained Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey CofE Infant School Primary
- All Saints CofE Primary School and Nursery, Nuneaton Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nuneaton Academy teach?
- Nuneaton Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Nuneaton.
- Has Nuneaton Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Nuneaton Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Nuneaton Academy?
- Nuneaton Academy had 928 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- How have Nuneaton Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 36.4 in 2022/23 and 33.9 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Nuneaton Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nuneaton Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 November 2023.