Nottingham Girls' Academy
Robin's Wood Road, Nottingham, NG8 3LD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- David Tungate
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Greenwood Academies Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Nottingham North and Kimberley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 936
- Pupils on roll
- 931
- URN
- 137184
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01157483410
About this school
Nottingham Girls' Academy is a girls' secondary academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 931 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 147 | 157 | 156 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 | 48.7 | 47.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.03 -0.21 to +0.27 | +0.22 -0.01 to +0.44 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 49% | 42.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 73.2% | 71.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 59% | 63.7% | 59.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Nottingham Girls' 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 | Nottingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45.1 | 38.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.7 | 38 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.7 | 38.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 876 |
| 2023/24 | 888 |
| 2024/25 | 909 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nottingham Girls' Academy compares
Nottingham Girls' Academy ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in Nottingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 68% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.7 | 5.4% | 40.1% | 931 | — |
| The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy | 55.3 | 5.4% | 21.6% | 1,182 | 0.3 miles |
| Bluecoat Aspley Academy | 48.6 | 7.2% | 42.7% | 1,344 | 0.3 miles |
| Bluecoat Beechdale Academy | 34 | 13.3% | 67.9% | 887 | 0.5 miles |
| Ellis Guilford School | 37.1 | 10% | 47.6% | 1,171 | 1.0 miles |
| Bluecoat Wollaton Academy | 49.4 | 5.3% | 39.7% | 879 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
- 7 November 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report8 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.07%
- English as an additional language
- 63.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.38%
- Persistent absence
- 12.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Bluecoat Aspley Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy0.5 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Ellis Guilford School1.0 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Bluecoat Wollaton Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
Other schools in Nottingham
Nottingham Girls' Academy ranks 23rd of the 42 ranked secondary schools in Nottingham.
- Aldercar High School Secondary
- Alderman White School Secondary
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy Secondary
- Ashfield Comprehensive School Secondary
- Bluecoat Aspley Academy Secondary
- Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Secondary
- Bluecoat Trent Academy Secondary
- Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Secondary
- Bramcote College Secondary
- Carlton Academy Secondary
- Chilwell School Secondary
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nottingham Girls' Academy teach?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the principal of Nottingham Girls' Academy?
- The principal of Nottingham Girls' Academy is David Tungate, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nottingham Girls' Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nottingham Girls' Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Nottingham Girls' Academy?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy has 931 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Nottingham Girls' Academy full?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy has capacity for 936 pupils and 931 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Nottingham Girls' Academy a faith school?
- No. Nottingham Girls' Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Nottingham Girls' Academy a selective school?
- No. Nottingham Girls' Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Nottingham Girls' Academy?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy is part of GREENWOOD ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Nottingham Girls' Academy have?
- The schools register lists Nottingham Girls' Academy's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Nottingham Girls' Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.1 in 2022/23 and 47.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Nottingham Girls' Academy rank locally?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy ranked 7th of 18 secondary schools in Nottingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 68% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Nottingham Girls' Academy's absence rate?
- Nottingham Girls' Academy's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Nottingham Girls' Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Nottingham Girls' 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 1 July 2026.