The Long Eaton School

The Long Eaton School is currently rated as requiring improvement in several key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, as well as leadership and management. Despite these challenges, there's recognition from both pupils and staff that the school has made recent improvements, particularly in the way it deals with bullying and in fostering positive relationships. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are reportedly well-supported, and there are opportunities for students to engage in extra-curricular activities, although participation is low.

Strengths

• Pupils with SEND feel well-supported.
• The school has developed an ambitious and well-planned curriculum.
• Teachers generally demonstrate good subject knowledge.
• Sixth form students value the support and career advice they receive.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils regularly disrupt lessons.
• Teachers do not consistently check pupils' understanding.
• Inconsistent application of the behaviour policy by staff.
• Some pupils' writing contains basic grammar and punctuation errors that are not addressed.

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 The Long Eaton School attended 90.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.2% 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, 7.8% of pupils at The Long Eaton School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were 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 The Long Eaton School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.0% 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, 20.4% of pupils at The Long Eaton School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 15 pupils.

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 The Long Eaton School received £9,139 and spent £8,877 for each of its 1,089 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £266,000 (£244 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Archway Learning Trust, income was £8,859 and spending £8,904 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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All schools in Nottingham · Derbyshire local authority: places and applications

The Long Eaton School is part of Archway Learning Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• St John's CofE Primary School Nottingham
• Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Nottingham
• Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Nottingham
• Bluecoat Primary Academy Nottingham
• The Nottingham Emmanuel School West Bridgford
• Lees Brook Academy Derby
• Bluecoat Aspley Academy Nottingham
• Alvaston Moor Academy Derby
• Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy Nottingham
• Bluecoat Trent Academy Nottingham

What is The Long Eaton School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Long Eaton School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in November 2025.

When was The Long Eaton School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Long Eaton School was last inspected in November 2025.

How many pupils does The Long Eaton School have?

The Long Eaton School has 1,121 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Long Eaton School cover?

The Long Eaton School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Long Eaton School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.3, and 34% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Long Eaton School?

The Long Eaton School is at Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 3NP.