Fairhaven Academy, Nottingham

Across Nottingham, 80% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 94% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Nottingham lodged 514 appeals against secondary school offers; 425 reached a hearing and 105 succeeded (24.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Fairhaven Academy are Djanogly City Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38); Bluecoat Trent Academy (0.8 miles, Good); Bluecoat Aspley Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.6); and Nottingham Free School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.5).

Fairhaven Academy is one of 7 schools run by Raleigh Education Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 56 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2022/23, 30% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college and 5% into work.

76.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 8.7% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%) and Mixed (26%).

In 2025, 200 pupils (87%) received SEN support and 10 (4.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Fairhaven Academy employed 1 teachers in 2023.

The nearest Underground station is High School Tram Stop, about 310 metres away (roughly a 4-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Southey Street H&R (w-bound), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Fairhaven Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 1542 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 Nottingham (389), as is usual near a town centre.

The primary schools closest to Fairhaven Academy are Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy (0.2 miles), Mellers Primary School (0.4 miles), Radford Primary School Academy (0.6 miles) and Berridge Primary and Nursery School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.