Schools in Nottingham
117 schools in the Nottingham local authority.
Schools
117
Open schools
Pupils
51,209
2025–26 census
Good or better
93%
91 of 98 graded
Academic Performance
4.6
out of 10 · 109 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 11 11%
- Good
- 80 82%
- Requires improvement
- 6 6%
- Inadequate
- 1 1%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card12 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
4.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 109 of 117 schools that can be scored
Pupils
51,209
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 116 of 117 schools (51,209 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
42%Asian
21%Black
16%Mixed
14%Chinese
1%Any other group
4%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 106 of 117 schools (48,629 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 38.9%
- First language not English
- 38.7%
- Young carers
- <1%
18,934 of 48,629 pupils · 106 of 117 schools
18,804 of 48,629 pupils · 106 of 117 schools
366 of 48,536 pupils · 105 of 117 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 76
- Secondary
- 19
- All-through
- 3
- Special
- 8
- Nursery
- 1
- PRU
- 5
- Not recorded
- 5
Top primary schools in Nottingham
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Edna G. Olds AcademyNottingham · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 5.Portland Spencer AcademyNottingham · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 6.South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary8.8/10Good
- 7.Welbeck Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary8.8/10Good
- 8.Haydn Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary8.6/10
- 9.Dunkirk Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary8.5/10Good
- 10.Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary8.3/10Good
- 11.Warren Primary AcademyNottingham · Primary8.2/10Good
- 12.Fernwood Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary7.8/10Good
- 13.St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary7.6/10Good
- 14.Djanogly Northgate AcademyNottingham · Primary7.1/10Good
- 15.Middleton Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary7.0/10Good
- 16.Radford Primary School AcademyNottingham · Primary6.9/10Good
- 17.St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolNottingham · Primary6.9/10Good
- 18.Rise Park Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary6.8/10Good
- 19.Whitegate Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary6.8/10Good
- 20.William Booth Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · Primary6.8/10Good
Top secondary schools in Nottingham
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Fernwood SchoolNottingham · Secondary9.7/10Outstanding
- 2.Bluecoat Wollaton AcademyNottingham · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 3.Nottingham Girls' AcademyNottingham · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 4.The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary AcademyNottingham · Secondary8.4/10Good
- 5.Nottingham Free SchoolNottingham · Secondary7.9/10Good
- 6.Nottingham University Academy of Science and TechnologyNottingham · Secondary7.6/10Good
- 7.Bluecoat Aspley AcademyNottingham · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 8.Bluecoat Trent AcademyNottingham · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 9.The Nottingham Emmanuel SchoolNottingham · Secondary3.7/10
- 10.Park Vale AcademyNottingham · Secondary3.3/10Good
- 11.Farnborough Spencer AcademyNottingham · Secondary2.8/10Good
- 12.The Oakwood AcademyNottingham · Secondary2.7/10Good
- 13.Nottingham University Samworth AcademyNottingham · Secondary2.4/10Good
- 14.Djanogly City AcademyNottingham · Secondary2.2/10
- 15.Ellis Guilford SchoolNottingham · Secondary1.8/10Good
- 16.Bluecoat Beechdale AcademyNottingham · Secondary1.3/10Good
- 17.The Wells AcademyNottingham · Secondary0.3/10Requires improvement
- 18.Nottingham AcademyNottingham · Secondary0.2/10Requires improvement
- 19.The Bulwell AcademyNottingham · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
Browse all 117 schools in Nottingham — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in Nottingham
- How many schools are there in Nottingham?
- Nottingham has 117 open schools — 76 primary, 19 secondary, 8 special, 1 nursery, teaching 51,209 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Nottingham are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 91 of the 98 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 93% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 11 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 117: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Nottingham?
- 4.6 out of 10, averaged across the 109 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Nottingham schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 19 schools in Nottingham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Nottingham local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Nottingham covers 117 schools and sits in the East Midlands region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Nottingham are eligible for free school meals?
- 38.9% — 18,934 of 48,629 pupils at the 106 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the East Midlands region.