Whitegates College, Worksop
Whitegates College is a school for pupils aged 16 to 25 in Worksop.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Whitegates College in detail
Who goes there
Whitegates College provides for pupils with autism.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Worksop Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Danesfield Road (adjacent), 160 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Whitegates College 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 281 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.
Sources: DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 22 years agoOverall
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby schools
Keep up with Whitegates College
Getting There
Bus Stops
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 16
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Worksop
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Worksop
Across Nottinghamshire council
Places available
9,842
Applications
9,200
Got 1st preference
92.5%
Got preferred school
98.5%
All secondary applications across Nottinghamshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History
Special educational needs provision
Whitegates College provides for pupils with autism.
Source: Get Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education.
Questions parents ask about Whitegates College
What is the catchment area for Whitegates College?
No fixed boundary. When Whitegates College is oversubscribed, Nottinghamshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Does Whitegates College have specialist SEN provision?
Whitegates College provides for pupils with autism.
How do I apply to Whitegates College?
Apply through Nottinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Whitegates College on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.
How many road collisions happen near Whitegates College?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 16 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 10 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Whitegates College?
Whitegates College is at Dukeries Centre, Park Street, Worksop, S80 1HH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)