Fountaindale School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

AshfieldConstituency

NG18 5BAPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Fountaindale School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–18, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 95 pupils. Fountaindale School is part of Nexus Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

82%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

60%Boys

40%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 95
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Nexus Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
19 Jun 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
14 Mar 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate	Inadequate

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.