Outwood Academy Valley, Worksop

In 2026, pupils at Outwood Academy Valley averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Nottinghamshire and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Nottinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.05: 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 40.1, against 50.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.5 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 293 families put Outwood Academy Valley as their first choice and 536 named it as one of their preferences, for 295 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 Outwood Academy Valley are Outwood Academy Portland (1.7 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.6); Dinnington High School (5 miles, Attainment 8 46.7); and EDClass Ltd (5.6 miles).

Outwood Academy Valley's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Outwood Academy Valley 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.

Of the 289 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 136 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 15% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 179 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 25 (1.5%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Worksop Rail Station, about 700 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Baulk Lane (opposite), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 275 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 Valley issued 1340 suspensions, 78.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 13 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Outwood Academy Valley are Norbridge Academy (0.2 miles), Redlands Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles), St John's CofE Academy (0.7 miles) and Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.