George Spencer Academy, Nottingham

In 2026, pupils at George Spencer Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Nottinghamshire and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Nottinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.2: 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 38.3, against 55.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 17.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were History, Combined Science and Physics.

For September 2026 entry, 260 families put George Spencer Academy as their first choice and 567 named it as one of their preferences, for 270 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 George Spencer Academy are Alderman White School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.2); Bramcote College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.7); Wilsthorpe School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.3); and Friesland School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46).

George Spencer Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

George Spencer Academy is one of 27 schools run by The Spencer Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 270 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 130 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 55% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 94 pupils (5.9%) received SEN support and 10 (0.6%) 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 tram or metro stop is Tram Park & Ride, about 400 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Toton Lane (opposite), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 158 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, George Spencer Academy issued 262 suspensions, 16 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to George Spencer Academy are Fairfield Spencer Academy (0.4 miles), William Lilley Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles), Bispham Spencer Academy (0.7 miles) and St John's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.