Nuneaton Academy
Radnor Drive, Nuneaton, CV10 7PD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Dalton
- Sponsor
- United Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 977
- URN
- 150454
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476341134
About this school
Nuneaton Academy is a secondary academy in Nuneaton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 977 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Nuneaton Academy (URN 136158).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 151 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 |
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 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 17.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 14.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 943 |
| 2024/25 | 961 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Nuneaton Academy compares
Nuneaton Academy ranked 23rd of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.2 | 14.9% | 42.7% | 977 | — |
| 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 |
| Higham Lane School | 52.3 | 7.2% | 16.6% | 1,516 | 2.3 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)
- 42.66%
- English as an additional language
- 6.5%
- Overall absence
- 14.87%
- Persistent absence
- 37.71%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College0.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Hartshill Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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George Eliot Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Etone College2.0 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
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Higham Lane School2.3 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
Other schools in Nuneaton
Nuneaton Academy ranks 7th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Nuneaton.
- Etone College Secondary
- George Eliot Academy Secondary
- Hartshill Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane North Academy Secondary
- Higham Lane School 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
- Barlestone Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Nuneaton Academy teach?
- Nuneaton Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Nuneaton.
- Who is the headteacher of Nuneaton Academy?
- The headteacher of Nuneaton Academy is Mr Mark Dalton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Nuneaton Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Nuneaton 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 Nuneaton Academy?
- Nuneaton Academy has 977 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Nuneaton Academy full?
- Nuneaton Academy has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 977 on roll (93%), 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 Nuneaton Academy a faith school?
- No. Nuneaton Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Nuneaton Academy?
- Nuneaton Academy is part of UNITED LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Nuneaton Academy rank locally?
- Nuneaton Academy ranked 23rd of 36 secondary schools in Warwickshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Nuneaton Academy's absence rate?
- Nuneaton Academy's overall absence rate is 14.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.