Secondary
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Gedling Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1552 of 1682 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 125.1
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 1,556
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 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
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
January 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
52%
6 points above the Nottingham average (46% across 42 schools)
49.8
3.3 above the Nottingham average (46.5 across 42 schools)
16th 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 | 49.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| A level average points per entry | 32.27 |
| A level students | 89 |
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 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 45% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.6 |
| 22/23 | 32.7 |
| 23/24 | 35.4 |
| 24/25 | 32.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.09 |
| 22/23 | -0.21 |
| 23/24 | +0.07 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.1 |
| 22/23 | 44.5 |
| 23/24 | 48.1 |
| 24/25 | 49.8 |
Gedling Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
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
- Kerry Wiltshire
- Address
- Gedling Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
- Telephone
- 01159554804