Queen Elizabeth's Academy, Mansfield

In 2026, pupils at Queen Elizabeth's Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 32.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.6 in Nottinghamshire and 47 across England.

21% 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 32.2.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.95: pupils made well below 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 23.7, against 38.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Sports Studies, Religious Studies and Combined Science.

For September 2026 entry, 124 families put Queen Elizabeth's Academy as their first choice and 432 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Queen Elizabeth's Academy are All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.5); The Brunts Academy (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 45.4); The Manor Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.8); and Sherwood Church Academy (1.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 36).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Queen Elizabeth's Academy.

Queen Elizabeth's Academy is one of 16 schools run by Diverse Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 78% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

40.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 46 pupils (5.2%) received SEN support and 11 (1.2%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Mansfield Woodhouse Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bould Street (adjacent), 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 491 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 Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Queen Elizabeth's Academy issued 453 suspensions, 51.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 12 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Queen Elizabeth's Academy are St Philip Neri With St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles), Wainwright Primary Academy (0.5 miles), The Bramble Academy (0.7 miles) and St Edmund's CofE (C) Primary & Nursery School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.