Aldercar High School
Daltons Close, Langley Mill, Nottingham, NG16 4HL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Philip Smith
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Embark Multi Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment, PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 648
- URN
- 149364
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01773712477
About this school
Aldercar High School is a secondary academy in Nottingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 648 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 | 99 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.9 | 33.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.39 -0.65 to -0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32.8% | 22.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 44.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9.5% | 2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 2.6 |
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 Aldercar High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.9 | 41.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 33.9 | 40.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 681 |
| 2023/24 | 696 |
| 2024/25 | 690 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aldercar High School compares
Aldercar High School ranked 44th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33.9 | 10.4% | 43% | 648 | — |
| Hall Park Academy | 43 | 7.5% | 33.7% | 867 | 1.3 miles |
| Heanor Gate Spencer Academy | 49.6 | 6% | 32.7% | 1,493 | 1.6 miles |
| The Ripley Academy | 44.5 | 7.7% | 34.6% | 920 | 2.5 miles |
| Selston High School | 38.8 | 11% | 30.6% | 862 | 3.6 miles |
| John Flamsteed Community School | 53.3 | 7% | 18.9% | 850 | 3.6 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.43%
- Persistent absence
- 25.53%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hall Park Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Heanor
-
The Ripley Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Ripley
-
Selston High School3.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
John Flamsteed Community School3.6 miles
Secondary · Ripley
Other schools in Nottingham
Aldercar High School ranks 42nd of the 42 ranked secondary schools in Nottingham.
- 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
- Colonel Frank Seely Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aldercar High School teach?
- Aldercar High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Nottingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Aldercar High School?
- The headteacher of Aldercar High School is Mr Philip Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Aldercar High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aldercar High School, 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 Aldercar High School?
- Aldercar High School has 648 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Aldercar High School full?
- Aldercar High School has capacity for 750 pupils and 648 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Aldercar High School a faith school?
- No. Aldercar High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Aldercar High School a selective school?
- No. Aldercar High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Aldercar High School?
- Aldercar High School is part of EMBARK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Aldercar High School have?
- The schools register lists Aldercar High School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment; PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Aldercar High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.9 in 2023/24 and 33.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aldercar High School rank locally?
- Aldercar High School ranked 44th of 45 secondary schools in Derbyshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 25% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aldercar High School's absence rate?
- Aldercar High School's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aldercar High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aldercar High School'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 15 July 2026.