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Wilsthorpe School

Secondary Ages 11-18 1,236 pupils Nottingham
Ofsted: Good
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Wilsthorpe School is an academy converter in Nottingham for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 1,236 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Wilsthorpe School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Wilsthorpe Community School. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.3, and 49% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Ofsted inspection: June 2023. GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Derby Road
Long Eaton
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG10 4WT
Phone 01159729421
Reference Number 146451

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1236
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.75%
Girls: 47.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 129 90 219
8 118 98 216
9 102 106 208
10 104 107 211
11 115 93 208
12 41 44 85
13 43 46 89

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 81.8%
White, Other 3.4%
Indian 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.3%
Chinese 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
African 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Unclassified 0.1%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Wilsthorpe Community School, inspected in November 2016.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 10 May 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
10 May 2023 School inspection
21 Jan 2020 Monitoring visit
07 Dec 2018 Academy conversion letter
22 Nov 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Wilsthorpe Community School
23 Mar 2015 Monitoring visit
27 Nov 2014 Full inspection:
21 May 2013 Monitoring visit
05 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
21 Jun 2011 Curriculum and development visit
10 Feb 2010 Full inspection:
04 Oct 2006 Full inspection:
01 Oct 2001 Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
49.3

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 49%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 66.3%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 19.5%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 186 3
Third Preference 30 0
From another Local Authority 12 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wilsthorpe School had 1,223 pupils for 1,250 places. 27 places (2.2%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Secondary Long Eaton” planning area

Derbyshire counted 628 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 522 in 2031–32, down 17%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 1,2501,2501,2501,2501,2501,250
Pupils 9621,1001,1391,1891,1931,223
Unfilled 23.0%12.0%8.9%4.9%4.6%2.2%

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 Wilsthorpe School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 17.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.5%3.0%5.5%5.5%5.6%5.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.4%1.6%2.4%3.1%2.7%2.1%
Severely absent pupils 1.0%1.1%2.5%3.5%3.7%3.7%

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, 7.0% of pupils at Wilsthorpe School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 4.64.03.58.515.212.817.2
Permanent exclusions 3120222

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 Wilsthorpe School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.512.312.712.814.013.313.0
Teachers who left state teaching 2.9%13.7%5.7%7.2%5.8%6.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –42.4%83.8%79.5%73.3%66.2%–
Sick days per teacher –1.38.14.28.85.8–

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, 7.8% of pupils at Wilsthorpe School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 22 23
Social, emotional and mental health 24 12
No specialist assessment of need 32 0
Other difficulty or disability 4 5
Moderate learning difficulty 5 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 1
Speech, language and communication needs 2 1
Vision impairment 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Physical disability 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 Wilsthorpe School received £7,587 and spent £7,327 for each of its 1,231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £861,000 (£699 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Two Counties Trust, income was £8,024 and spending £7,827 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £195,000£287,000£574,000£589,000£861,000£861,000
per pupil £187£261£504£494£712£699
In-year balance £3,000£271,000£232,000-£13,000£227,000£320,000
per pupil £3£247£204-£11£188£260

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.

Name Distance
Harrington Junior School
Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 4BJ
0.08 miles
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 4DA
0.12 miles
Parklands Infant and Nursery School
Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 4BJ
0.13 miles
Longmoor Primary School
Newstead Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 4JG
0.67 miles
Dovedale Primary School
Dovedale Avenue, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 3HU
0.92 miles
Brooklands Primary School
44 St. Johns Street, Long Eaton, St Johns Street, Nottingham, NG10 1BW
1.07 miles
Firfield Primary School
Firfield Avenue, Breaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3EG
1.09 miles
St Laurence CofE Primary School
Collingwood Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 1DR
1.17 miles
Bispham Spencer Academy
Bispham Drive, Toton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 6GJ
1.17 miles
Toton Banks Road Infant and Nursery School
Banks Road Toton, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 6HE
1.28 miles
Risley Lower Grammar CE (VC) Primary School
Derby Road, Risley, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3SU
1.34 miles
Grange Primary School
Station Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 2DU
1.37 miles
Ladycross Infant School
Victoria Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 5JD
1.42 miles
Sawley Infant and Nursery School
Wilmot Street, Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire, NG10 3DQ
1.43 miles
Sawley Junior School
Wilmot Street, Sawley, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 3DQ
1.43 miles
William Lilley Infant and Nursery School
Halls Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7FS
1.61 miles
Chetwynd Spencer Academy
Chetwynd Road, Toton, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 6FW
1.61 miles
Cloudside Academy
Stanton Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 5DE
1.73 miles
Fairfield Spencer Academy
Toton Lane, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7HB
1.75 miles
Eskdale Junior School
Eskdale Drive, Chilwell, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 5NA
2.16 miles
Name Distance
Brackenfield Special School
Bracken Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire, NG10 4DA
0.12 miles
Trent College
Derby Road, Nottingham, NG10 4AD
0.26 miles
Meadowbrook School
Wellington Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Derbyshire, NG10 4HR
0.48 miles
Stanton Vale School
Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 3NP
0.8 miles
The Long Eaton School
Thoresby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 3NP
0.81 miles
Spring Valley School
Spring Valley, The Old Rectory, Risley Lane, Breaston, DE72 3AU
1.06 miles
Friesland School
Nursery Avenue, Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, NG10 5AF
1.38 miles
George Spencer Academy
Arthur Mee Road, Stapleford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7EW
1.56 miles
Hemlock Stone School
Campus, 3 Isaac Lane, Stapleford, NG9 8GA
2.02 miles
Chilwell School
Queens Road, Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 5AL
2.54 miles
Alderman White School
Chilwell Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3DU
2.68 miles
Foxwood Academy
Derby Road, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3GF
2.95 miles
Bramcote College
Moor Lane, Bramcote, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 3GA
2.98 miles
Fernwood School
Goodwood Road, Wollaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 2FT
4.28 miles
Kirk Hallam Community Academy
Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4HH
4.37 miles
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Abbot Road, Kirk Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4HX
4.45 miles
Nottingham University Samworth Academy
Bramhall Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 4HY
4.77 miles
Castle Donington College
Mount Pleasant, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2LN
4.79 miles
Welden School
Whispering Trees CIC, Shardlow Road, Aston-on-Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN
4.81 miles
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy
King George Avenue, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 5HS
4.83 miles

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Wilsthorpe School is part of The Two Counties Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

What is Wilsthorpe School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wilsthorpe School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Wilsthorpe Community School.

When was Wilsthorpe School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wilsthorpe School was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Wilsthorpe School have?

Wilsthorpe School has 1,236 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wilsthorpe School cover?

Wilsthorpe School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Wilsthorpe School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.3, and 49% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Wilsthorpe School?

Wilsthorpe School is at Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG10 4WT.

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