Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Nottingham
Sutton Passeys Crescent, Nottingham, NG8 1EA
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
72%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.7%
12.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
879
Capacity used
Over capacity117%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
72%
1st preference success rate
177 of 246 families who put it first got an offer
203
Places offered
822
Total applications
4.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 246 | 177 | ● 72% |
| 2nd preference | 318 | 20 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 180 | 5 | ● 3% |
| 4th preference | 78 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 822 | 203 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Nottingham lets families list 4 preferences. 96 applications came from outside the council area (34 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Catherine Rowell
- Address
- Sutton Passeys Crescent, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 1EA
- Phone
- 01159007210
- Local authority
- Nottingham
- Ward / constituency
- Lenton & Wollaton East · Nottingham South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145146
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 39% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 25% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
879 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 835 pupils
Attendance
94.7%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 48.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.03 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 70.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 11.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 151 | — |
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 | 150 | 30% | 56% | 75% | |
| English Language | 150 | 22% | 61% | 79% | |
| English Literature | 149 | 18% | 62% | 79% | |
| Religious Studies | 135 | 24% | 52% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 105 | 3% | 32% | 55% | |
| History | 73 | 21% | 40% | 60% | |
| Geography | 66 | 17% | 44% | 55% | |
| Social Studies | 65 | 14% | 38% | 58% | |
| Art and Design | 48 | 8% | 46% | 79% | |
| Biology | 44 | 39% | 95% | 100% | |
| Physics | 44 | 45% | 95% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 41% | 100% | 100% |
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) |
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.