The Brunts Academy

The Brunts Academy has demonstrated a strong overall performance, characterized by a calm and supportive learning environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school excels in delivering a well-structured and ambitious curriculum, effectively tailored to meet the diverse needs of its pupils, including those with special educational needs. Strong teaching practices and high expectations contribute to significant progress for pupils, and the school has successfully fostered an inclusive culture that promotes personal development and wellbeing.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exceptional behaviour and show courtesy towards others.
• Leaders maintain a well-structured and ambitious curriculum.
• Teaching is consistent and rooted in clear expectations from leaders.
• A highly inclusive culture is effectively established.
• Pupils benefit from a rich personal development programme.
• Strong careers guidance is provided, preparing students well for their future.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement is not yet consistently strong for all groups; gaps in knowledge remain due to previous disruptions.
• Leaders need to strengthen the use of assessment information to enhance understanding of pupils' progress.

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 Brunts Academy attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.0% 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, 6.7% of pupils at The Brunts Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 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 Brunts Academy had 16.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% 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, 11.2% of pupils at The Brunts Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.6% 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 The Brunts Academy received £8,223 and spent £7,980 for each of its 1,401 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £971,000 (£693 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of Greenwood Academies Trust, income was £8,670 and spending £8,578 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 Mansfield · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

The Brunts Academy is part of Greenwood Academies Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Mansfield Primary Academy Mansfield
• The Bramble Academy Mansfield
• Skegby Junior Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• The Wells Academy Nottingham
• Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham
• Nottingham Academy Nottingham
• Nethergate Academy Nottingham
• Queensmead Primary Academy Leicester
• Studfall Infant Academy Corby
• Studfall Junior Academy Corby

What is The Brunts Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Brunts Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was The Brunts Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Brunts Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does The Brunts Academy have?

The Brunts Academy has 1,378 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Brunts Academy cover?

The Brunts Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Brunts Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.4, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Brunts Academy?

The Brunts Academy is at The Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 2AT.