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Ashfield Comprehensive School

URN
137981
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ashfield Comprehensive School
URN
137981
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

70 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

64

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

65

Destinations

46

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#14 of 40 schools in Nottinghamshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Ashfield Comprehensive School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Ashfield Comprehensive School

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
25 March 2026
Inspection date
27 January 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

405

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

802

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

405

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.98×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Nottinghamshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://www.ashfield.ttct.co.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Nottinghamshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

47.8

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

44.3%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

69.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

50.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

NG17 8HP - Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Sutton Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Postcode
NG17 8HP
Phone
1623455000
Website
https://www.ashfield.ttct.co.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Nottinghamshire
Local authority code
891

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 776 schools in Nottinghamshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

776

Open schools

371

Closed schools

405

Primary schools

545

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Achievement

    Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 27 January 2026

  • Post-16

    Strong standard
  • View official Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)

    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    25 March 202627 January 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 25 March 2026
    7 December 20217 October 2021S5 InspectionSchool remains GoodView report for inspection published 7 December 2021
    • Report card

      Published
      25 March 2026
      Inspected
      27 January 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good

      Published
      7 December 2021
      Inspected
      7 October 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    50.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 405

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    22.3%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    36.2

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.05

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    19.6%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    80.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    4.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    5.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    7.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    109

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary545 (70.5%)
    • Secondary109 (14.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other119 (15.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ashfield Comprehensive School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Greenwood Primary and Nursery School638 mPrimaryOpen
    Greenwood Primary and Nursery School638 mPrimaryClosed
    Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy823 mPrimaryOpen
    Leamington Primary and Nursery School823 mPrimaryClosed
    Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy823 mPrimaryClosed
    Orchard Primary School and Nursery1.1 kmPrimaryOpen
    The West Park Academy1.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    Jeffries Primary and Nursery School1.4 kmPrimaryClosed
    Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School1.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Ashfield Comprehensive School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Greenwood Primary and Nursery School
      Distance
      638 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Greenwood Primary and Nursery School
      Distance
      638 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy
      Distance
      823 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Nottinghamshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderman White SchoolSecondaryNG9 3DUOpen
    Alderman White School and Language CollegeSecondaryNG9 3DUClosed
    All Saints RC Comprehensive SchoolSecondaryNG19 6BWClosed
    All Saints' Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondaryNG19 6BWOpen
    Arnold Hill AcademySecondaryNG5 6NZClosed
    • Alderman White School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG9 3DU
      Status
      Open
    • Alderman White School and Language College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG9 3DU
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints RC Comprehensive School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG19 6BW
      Status
      Closed
    • All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG19 6BW
      Status
      Open
    Leamington Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    823 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy
    Distance
    823 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Orchard Primary School and Nursery
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The West Park Academy
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Jeffries Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Arnold Hill Academy
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    NG5 6NZ
    Status
    Closed