Outwood Academy Kirkby
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Nottinghamshire
Tennyson Street, Nottingham, NG17 7DH
51
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 13/05/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
87.3%
34.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
523
Capacity used
Has space76%
692 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
61 of 61 families who put it first got an offer
90
Places offered
156
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 61 | 61 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 55 | 18 | ● 33% |
| 3rd preference | 20 | 2 | ● 10% |
| 4th preference | 20 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 156 | 81 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
Nottinghamshire lets families list 4 preferences. 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
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Andy Scruby
- Address
- Tennyson Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, NG17 7DH
- Phone
- 01623455925
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Kingsway · Ashfield
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149429
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 49% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 23% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
523 pupils · 692 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
13 May 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 596 pupils
Attendance
87.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
12.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
34.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.2%
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 | 35.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.15 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 36.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 15.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 83 | — |
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 | 81 | 9% | 38% | 52% | |
| English Language | 81 | 9% | 43% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 79 | 9% | 46% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 65 | 14% | 45% | 55% | |
| Geography | 41 | 5% | 27% | 41% | |
| History | 28 | 18% | 43% | 46% | |
| Art and Design | 26 | 12% | 50% | 65% | |
| Physics | 16 | 0% | 0% | 6% | |
| French | 12 | 17% | 92% | 92% | |
| Music | 11 | 0% | 27% | 36% | |
| Biology | 6 | 0% | 17% | 17% | |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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 Nottinghamshire 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.