Bluecoat Aspley Academy, Nottingham

In 2026, pupils at Bluecoat Aspley Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Nottingham and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Nottingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.02: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 42.1, against 49.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 7.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 275 families put Bluecoat Aspley Academy as their first choice and 843 named it as one of their preferences, for 187 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 117 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bluecoat Aspley Academy are Nottingham Girls' Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 48.8); The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.4); Ellis Guilford School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.5); and Bluecoat Beechdale Academy (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.6).

Bluecoat Aspley Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Bluecoat Aspley Academy is one of 13 schools run by Archway Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42 in 2024/25.

Of the 194 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 31% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 187 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 71% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 43.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (35%), Black (31%) and White British (13%).

In 2026, 131 pupils (9.7%) received SEN support and 31 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Bluecoat Aspley Academy has a resourced provision for autism.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wilkinson Street Tram Stop, about 1050 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bluecoat School, 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Bluecoat Aspley Academy issued 145 suspensions, 10.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bluecoat Aspley Academy are Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles), Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery) (0.6 miles), Ambleside Primary School (0.7 miles) and Berridge Primary and Nursery School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.