Carlton le Willows Academy
Burton Road, Nottingham, Gedling, NG4 4AA
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Jaspal Mehat
- Sponsor
- Delta Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Gedling
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,125
- Pupils on roll
- 1,803
- URN
- 150524
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01159565008
About this school
Carlton le Willows Academy is a secondary academy in Gedling. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,803 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Carlton le Willows Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
This inspection took place when the school was registered as Carlton le Willows Academy (URN 136627).
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 279 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 43.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.8 |
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 Carlton le Willows 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 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,829 |
| 2024/25 | 1,803 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carlton le Willows Academy compares
Carlton le Willows Academy ranked 5th of 44 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 55.1 | 7.3% | 24% | 1,803 | — |
| Carlton Academy | 45.1 | 9% | 25.1% | 1,354 | 1.5 miles |
| Christ The King Voluntary Academy | 48.9 | 7.9% | 26.3% | 857 | 2.4 miles |
| Arnold Hill Spencer Academy | 49.8 | 9.4% | 19.6% | 1,552 | 2.5 miles |
| South Nottinghamshire Academy | 51.7 | 6.8% | 20.8% | 1,010 | 2.6 miles |
| The Wells Academy | 43.1 | 7.6% | 50.9% | 634 | 2.6 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)
- 23.96%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.26%
- Persistent absence
- 18.27%
Location
Nearby schools
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Carlton Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
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Christ The King Voluntary Academy2.4 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
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Arnold Hill Spencer Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
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South Nottinghamshire Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
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The Wells Academy2.6 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
Common questions
- What ages does Carlton le Willows Academy teach?
- Carlton le Willows Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Gedling.
- Who is the headteacher of Carlton le Willows Academy?
- The headteacher of Carlton le Willows Academy is Mr Jaspal Mehat, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Carlton le Willows Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carlton le Willows 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 many pupils are at Carlton le Willows Academy?
- Carlton le Willows Academy has 1,803 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Carlton le Willows Academy full?
- Carlton le Willows Academy has capacity for 2,125 pupils and 1,803 on roll (85%), 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 Carlton le Willows Academy a faith school?
- No. Carlton le Willows Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Carlton le Willows Academy part of an academy trust?
- Carlton le Willows Academy is part of DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does Carlton le Willows Academy compare with other schools in Nottinghamshire?
- Carlton le Willows Academy ranked 5th of 44 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 87% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 23% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Carlton le Willows Academy's absence rate?
- Carlton le Willows Academy's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Carlton le Willows Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carlton le Willows 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.