Secondary
The Holgate Academy
Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6HB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1207 of 1379 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- DIVERSE ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 95.7
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 1,237
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 June 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- 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 inspections1
June 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
20%
26 points below the Nottingham average (46% across 42 schools)
34.3
12.2 below the Nottingham average (46.5 across 42 schools)
42nd of 42 by our score, among the secondary schools in Nottingham we can score - 46 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 | 34.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 23% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 20% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.32 |
| A level students | 24 |
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 | 24% |
| 22/23 | 15% |
| 23/24 | 28% |
| 24/25 | 20% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.9 |
| 22/23 | 25.9 |
| 23/24 | 25.1 |
| 24/25 | 30.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.87 |
| 22/23 | -1.03 |
| 23/24 | -0.81 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.6 |
| 22/23 | 33.9 |
| 23/24 | 39.1 |
| 24/25 | 34.3 |
Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6HB
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
- Headteacher
- Heather Widdup
- Address
- Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6HB
- Telephone
- 01159632104