Meden School

Meden School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. The school has a clear vision that focuses on high expectations for students and supports a diverse curriculum tailored to the needs of its pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Staff at the school are committed to ensuring every student feels safe, respected, and engaged in their learning, which contributes to a positive school environment.

Strengths

• Strong commitment from staff to support pupil success.
• Well-designed curriculum that promotes broad educational experiences.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Good teaching practices that help pupils develop understanding.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Effective personal development program that addresses contemporary issues.
• Improving attendance rates among students.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not read independently or for pleasure, hindering their reading fluency.
• Attendance of pupils with SEND is below the school average.

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 Meden School attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 30.3% 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, 10.8% of pupils at Meden School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Meden School had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.3% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Meden School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.1% 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 Meden School received £8,315 and spent £7,852 for each of its 1,067 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,406,000 (£1,317 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Nova Education Trust, income was £7,436 and spending £7,228 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

Meden School is part of Nova Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Birklands Primary School Mansfield
• The Garibaldi School Mansfield
• Forest Town Primary School Mansfield
• Westdale Junior School Nottingham
• Nottingham Free School Nottingham
• Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham
• Firbeck Academy Nottingham
• The Newark Academy Newark
• Kirk Hallam Community Academy Ilkeston
• Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham

What is Meden School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Meden School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Meden School last inspected by Ofsted?

Meden School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Meden School have?

Meden School has 1,054 pupils on roll.

What age range does Meden School cover?

Meden School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Meden School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 42.0, and 37% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Meden School?

Meden School is at Burns Lane, Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG20 0QN.