Christ The King Voluntary Academy, Nottingham

In 2026, pupils at Christ The King Voluntary Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Nottinghamshire and 47 across England.

42% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Nottinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.12: pupils made above 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 37.7, against 51.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and History.

For September 2026 entry, 142 families put Christ The King Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 439 named it as one of their preferences, for 154 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Christ The King Voluntary Academy are Arnold Hill Spencer Academy (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 47.8); Redhill Academy (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 49.1); The Wells Academy (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 38.7); and Carlton Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2).

Christ The King Voluntary Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Christ The King Voluntary Academy is one of 36 schools run by Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 47 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 79 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 21 (2.5%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Carlton Rail Station, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Langford Road (opposite), 60 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 189 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Christ The King Voluntary Academy issued 60 suspensions, 7.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Christ The King Voluntary Academy are Coppice Farm Primary School (0.2 miles), Ernehale Junior School (0.4 miles), Ernehale Infant School (0.4 miles) and Robert Mellors Primary Academy (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.