Secondary
Samworth Church Academy
Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield, NG18 2DY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1008 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.0
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF SOUTHWELL AND NOTTINGHAM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Southwell
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 110.3
- Pupils per adult
- 9.2
- Pupils
- 1,011
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
October 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
24%
11 points below the Mansfield average (35% across 9 schools)
37.1
4.8 below the Mansfield average (41.9 across 9 schools)
8th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Mansfield we can score - 10 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 37.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 26% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.02 |
| A level students | 44 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34% |
| 22/23 | 29% |
| 23/24 | 33% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.3 |
| 22/23 | 28.4 |
| 23/24 | 27.6 |
| 24/25 | 31.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.28 |
| 22/23 | -0.26 |
| 23/24 | -0.67 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.1 |
| 22/23 | 39.8 |
| 23/24 | 36.9 |
| 24/25 | 37.1 |
Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield, NG18 2DY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Nottinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Carl Bennett
- Address
- Sherwood Hall Road, Mansfield, NG18 2DY
- Telephone
- 01623663450