Nottingham Girls' Academy, Nottingham

In its own words: "At Nottingham Girls' Academy, we believe in creating a community empowered with the qualities, skills and qualifications to enter the next phase of life with confidence and ambition. We value high standards, hard work and a ceaseless desire to improve."

In 2026, pupils at Nottingham Girls' Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.4 in Nottingham and 47 across England.

52% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Nottingham and 47% in England.

That is up from 47.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.22: 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 42, against 52.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 150 families put Nottingham Girls' Academy as their first choice and 310 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Nottingham Girls' Academy are The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.4); Bluecoat Aspley Academy (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.8); Bluecoat Beechdale Academy (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.6); and Ellis Guilford School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 39.5).

Nottingham Girls' Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Nottingham Girls' Academy is one of 38 schools run by Greenwood Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 157 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 35 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 66% went on to university or other higher education and 9% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 64.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (41%), Mixed (16%) and White British (13%).

In 2026, 109 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 17 (1.8%) 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.

Nottingham Girls' Academy has a SEN unit for moderate learning difficulties: 10 places, 9 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Wilkinson Street Tram Stop, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Manning School (n-bound), 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Nottingham Girls' Academy issued 111 suspensions, 12.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Nottingham Girls' Academy are St Teresa's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Bluecoat Primary Academy (0.6 miles), Ambleside Primary School (0.6 miles) and Glenbrook Spencer Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.