The Priory Belvoir Academy, Nottingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "At The Priory Belvoir Academy, we aim to retain the best of traditional values in education while being at the forefront of developments in teaching and learning. The level of academic achievement achieved by pupils at Priory Belvoir has always been strong: progress from Year 7 through to Year 11 is particularly strong."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, cricket, tennis, athletics, basketball, badminton, dance and drama.

In 2026, pupils at The Priory Belvoir Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 46.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.21: 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 37.8, against 51.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 128 families put The Priory Belvoir Academy as their first choice and 346 named it as one of their preferences, for 131 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 15 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The Priory Belvoir Academy is one of 14 schools run by The Priory Federation of Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8 in 2024/25.

Of the 133 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 76% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 46% to a further education college, 8% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

15.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 151 pupils (22.5%) received SEN support and 29 (4.3%) 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 specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Bottesford Rail Station, about 1170 metres away (roughly a 15-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary school (outside), 230 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Priory Belvoir Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 11 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58).

In 2024/25, The Priory Belvoir Academy issued 18 suspensions, 2.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.