Carlton Digby School

State-Funded School

carlton-digby-school-nottinghamshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

GedlingConstituency

NG3 6DSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Carlton Digby School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–18, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 97 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

13%

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 18
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 97
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 21 May 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 May 2020	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.