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The Garibaldi School

Secondary · Mansfield · NG19 0JX

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 June 2023

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At a glance

1,017 pupils · 83% of 1,224 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
26.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.garibaldi.org.uk/
URN
144687

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 197 families named it first for 208 Year 7 places, 0.95 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.45 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

208 places offered · 197 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. Places by distance, last offered at 2.45 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.45 miles

measured in a straight line.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
67.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.1
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-) B-
35.8
England 35

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.4
Median of its 12 closest peers47.5
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
Idsall SchoolShifnal · 61 miles awayRequires improvement41
Diss High SchoolDiss · 108 miles awayGood46.6
Colonel Frank Seely AcademyNottingham · 9 miles awayGood47.9
St George's School A Church of England AcademyBlackpool · 89 miles awayGood (2019)55.5
The National CofE AcademyNottingham · 9 miles awayGood42.6
St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, BlackburnBlackburn · 69 miles awayGood47.4
Darton AcademyBarnsley · 34 miles awayGood52.1
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolPreston · 74 miles awayGood (2015)46.1
St Catherine's CollegeEastbourne · 174 miles awayGood47.6
Paulet High SchoolBurton-on-Trent · 33 miles awayGood41
The Ilfracombe Church of England AcademyIlfracombe · 185 miles awayExpected standard47.9
The Friary SchoolLichfield · 44 miles awayGood57.8

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 86% (Nottinghamshire 76%, England 59%) · Black African 3% (Nottinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 2%

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)
8.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

43.50 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 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
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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)

52.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.8 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 £56,394; 11.5% 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£6,917
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 5% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £876,000; in-year balance +£452,000

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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
6%
Employment
6%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
58%
Apprenticeship
12%
Employment
30%
Any sustained destination
100%

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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work14.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.9%62.3%
Social housing21.9%17.1%
Privately rented17.3%20.5%
Detached houses11.6%22.9%
Flats1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028238 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£197,000187 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£155,000–£260,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (64)£278,500
Semi-detached (94)£168,000
Terraced (29)£162,000

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 (3.94 km, 2026 entry): 1,488 sales, median £200,000. 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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
18an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an 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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