Outwood Academy Portland, Worksop

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

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

That is down from 47.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.01: 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 36.9, against 50.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.6 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 301 families put Outwood Academy Portland as their first choice and 567 named it as one of their preferences, for 295 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Outwood Academy Portland is one of 40 schools run by Outwood Grange Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.4 in 2024/25.

171 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Outwood Academy Portland (as of September 2025): 60% would recommend the school, 70% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (81%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

Of the 278 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 57% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 110 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 158 pupils (9.3%) received SEN support and 23 (1.3%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Worksop Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sparken Hill Academy (opposite), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Outwood Academy Portland stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 225 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Outwood Academy Portland issued 272 suspensions, 15.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 8 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Portland are Sparken Hill Academy (under 0.1 miles), Holy Family Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles), Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy (0.4 miles) and St Anne'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.