George Spencer Academy

George Spencer Academy is performing well overall, with an 'Outstanding' rating for its sixth form provision and a consistent 'Good' rating across all other areas, including education quality, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school has cultivated a high-expectations ethos, allowing many students to engage actively in their education and take on leadership roles. The curriculum is broad and ambitious, preparing students effectively for modern life and helping them develop both academically and personally.

Strengths

• High expectations and a well-defined ethos of excellence.
• Strong pupil engagement through roles as ambassadors and involvement in character development programs.
• Broad, ambitious curriculum that supports individual development.
• Effective training for teachers to deliver the curriculum.
• Strong subject knowledge among most teachers.
• Comprehensive support for pupils with SEND, with ongoing efforts to improve engagement with parents.
• Well-devised personal development programs with a diverse range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of strategies to support pupils with SEND by some teachers.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at George Spencer Academy attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 9.3% of pupils at George Spencer Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 George Spencer Academy had 16.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 5.9% of pupils at George Spencer Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 George Spencer Academy received £8,533 and spent £7,674 for each of its 1,634 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£31 per pupil).

Across all 27 schools of The Spencer Academies Trust, income was £7,619 and spending £7,638 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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George Spencer Academy is part of The Spencer Academies Trust, which runs 27 schools. The nearest others:

• Fairfield Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Bispham Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Sunnyside Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Chetwynd Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Portland Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Glenbrook Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Farnborough Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Rushcliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Rosecliffe Spencer Academy Nottingham
• Clover Leys Spencer Academy Derby

What is George Spencer Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for George Spencer Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was George Spencer Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

George Spencer Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does George Spencer Academy have?

George Spencer Academy has 1,580 pupils on roll.

What age range does George Spencer Academy cover?

George Spencer Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are George Spencer Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 52.6, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is George Spencer Academy?

George Spencer Academy is at Arthur Mee Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7EW.