Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Nottingham
Harvey Road, Nottingham, NG8 3GP
46
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
86.8%
36.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
887
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
150 of 161 families who put it first got an offer
179
Places offered
361
Total applications
2.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 161 | 150 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 86 | 17 | ● 20% |
| 3rd preference | 68 | 6 | ● 9% |
| 4th preference | 46 | 6 | ● 13% |
| Total | 361 | 179 | 50% |
1st preference success by year
Nottingham lets families list 4 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rachael Frearson
- Address
- Harvey Road, Bilborough, Nottingham, NG8 3GP
- Phone
- 01159135211
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Ward / constituency
- Bilborough · Nottingham South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140369
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 68% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 16% | — | — |
| SEN support | 29% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
887 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
12 October 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 953 pupils
Attendance
86.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
13.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
36.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
9.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
10.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 32.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 13% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.60 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 34 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 21.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 35.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.75 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 173 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 170 | 9% | 24% | 39% | |
| English Language | 170 | 14% | 34% | 48% | |
| English Literature | 170 | 10% | 28% | 42% | |
| Religious Studies | 150 | 6% | 21% | 26% | |
| Combined Science | 119 | 0% | 16% | 34% | |
| History | 84 | 13% | 26% | 32% | |
| Geography | 80 | 15% | 36% | 56% | |
| Physics | 50 | 18% | 44% | 50% | |
| Biology | 44 | 14% | 48% | 55% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 18% | 48% | 57% | |
| Spanish | 27 | 19% | 26% | 44% | |
| Design & Technology | 25 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Nottingham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.