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Ellis Guilford School

URN
146539
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ellis Guilford School
URN
146539
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-16
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Developing

59 / 100

Developing

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

40

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

56

Destinations

37

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Below top 50% of secondary schools in England

Below top 50% nationally

#13 of 16 schools in Nottingham

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

School Compass recommendation

Proceed With Caution

Some performance indicators suggest families should review details carefully.

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

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than 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.

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Your decision briefing for Ellis Guilford School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

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

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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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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
1 August 2023
Inspection date
20 June 2023
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 1 August 2023

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 1 August 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Moderate 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)

208

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

250

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

143

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.2×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Nottingham
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Nottingham)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.ellisguilfordschool.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Nottingham 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

37.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

28.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

47.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

22.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

NG6 0HT - Bar Lane, Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Bar Lane, Basford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Postcode
NG6 0HT
Phone
1159131338
Website
www.ellisguilfordschool.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Nottingham
Local authority code
892

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 298 schools in Nottingham.

Authority statistics

Total schools

298

Open schools

118

Closed schools

179

Primary schools

181

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.
  • Good

    Graded 1 August 2023

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 1 August 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 1 August 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    1 August 202320 June 2023Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 1 August 2023
    • Good

      Published
      1 August 2023
      Inspected
      20 June 2023
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

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

    Offer rate

    57.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 109

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

    EBacc achievement

    7.9%

    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 %

    79.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    10.0%

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

    Secondary schools

    49

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary181 (61.8%)
    • Secondary49 (16.7%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other63 (21.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Ellis Guilford School13 mSecondaryClosed
    Old Basford Primary and Nursery School333 mPrimaryClosed
    Old Basford School333 mPrimaryOpen
    Whitemoor Primary and Nursery School569 mPrimaryClosed
    Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)569 mPrimaryOpen
    Basford Hall College731 m16 plusClosed
    Southwark Infant and Nursery School910 mPrimaryClosed
    Green Crescent School973 mNot applicableOpen
    Ambleside Primary School977 mPrimaryOpen
    Rosslyn Junior School1.0 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Ellis Guilford School
      Distance
      13 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Old Basford Primary and Nursery School
      Distance
      333 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Old Basford School
      Distance
      333 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Whitemoor Primary and Nursery School
      Distance
      569 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Nottingham)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderman Derbyshire Comprehensive SchoolSecondaryNG6 8AQClosed
    Big Wood SchoolSecondaryNG5 9PJClosed
    Bluecoat Aspley AcademySecondaryNG8 5GYOpen
    Bluecoat Beechdale AcademySecondaryNG8 3GPOpen
    Bluecoat Trent AcademySecondaryNG5 1AJOpen
    • Alderman Derbyshire Comprehensive School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG6 8AQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Big Wood School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG5 9PJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Bluecoat Aspley Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG8 5GY
      Status
      Open
    • Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NG8 3GP
      Status
      Open
    • Bluecoat Trent Academy
    Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)
    Distance
    569 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Basford Hall College
    Distance
    731 m
    Phase
    16 plus
    Status
    Closed
  • Southwark Infant and Nursery School
    Distance
    910 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Green Crescent School
    Distance
    973 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Ambleside Primary School
    Distance
    977 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Rosslyn Junior School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    NG5 1AJ
    Status
    Open