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The Manor Academy

Secondary · Mansfield · NG19 8QA

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 31 January 2024

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At a glance

1,204 pupils · 83% of 1,450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.manor.ttct.co.uk
URN
137158

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 196 families named it first for 213 Year 7 places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.08 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2022 to 2024. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 31 January 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

213 places offered · 196 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2024 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.08 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

236 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
39.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
60.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
34.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D+
22.1
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school39.8
Median of its 12 closest peers44.4
Nottinghamshire average46.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Cannock Chase High SchoolCannock · 48 miles awayGood42.1
St Catherine's CollegeEastbourne · 176 miles awayGood47.6
Colne Park High SchoolColne · 62 miles awayNeeds attention38
St George's School A Church of England AcademyBlackpool · 87 miles awayGood (2019)55.5
Trinity AcademyDoncaster · 32 miles awayGood42.4
Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademyChester le Street · 120 miles awayExpected standard46.6
The Brunts AcademyMansfield · 1 miles awayExpected standard45.5
Landau Forte Academy, QEMSTamworth · 42 miles awayExpected standard49.6
Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyDoncaster · 21 miles awayExpected standard43.3
The Joseph Whitaker SchoolMansfield · 5 miles awayGood43.2
Park Hall AcademyBirmingham · 52 miles awayGood45.6
Ellowes Hall Sports CollegeDudley · 59 miles awayGood43.1

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Nottinghamshire 76%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Nottinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 1% (Nottinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

49.29 suspensions per 100 pupils and 7 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottinghamshire: 30.39 suspensions and 0.25 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

87% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

77.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,960; 9.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,202
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,507,000; in-year balance +£919,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
91%
Continuing in education
78%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
9%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
29%
Apprenticeship
16%
Employment
28%
Any sustained destination
81%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher18.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications28.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health36.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.9%62.3%
Social housing13.8%17.1%
Privately rented13%20.5%
Detached houses12.8%22.9%
Flats0.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028278 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£179,000390 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£153,000–£228,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (132)£230,000
Semi-detached (187)£175,000
Terraced (59)£130,000
Flat (12)£87,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.74 km, 2023 entry): 582 sales, median £185,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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