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Nuneaton Academy

Secondary · Nuneaton · CV10 7PD

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 13 July 2026

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At a glance

977 pupils · 93% of 1,050 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
46.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
25.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.nuneatonacademy.org.uk/
URN
150454

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 143 families named it first for 166 Year 7 places, 0.86 first choices per place. We hold 6 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 13.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.86 first-choice applications per place

166 places offered · 143 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
44.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
60.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
47.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.6
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.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school44.2
Median of its 12 closest peers39.8
Warwickshire average50
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of 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
Mulberry Academy HastingsHastings · 145 miles awayNeeds attention38.2
Chesterton Community Sports CollegeNewcastle · 48 miles awayNeeds attention41.2
Yewlands AcademySheffield · 64 miles awayRequires improvement37.3
Haughton AcademyDarlington · 140 miles awayNeeds attention38
Grace Academy SolihullBirmingham · 11 miles awayExpected standard44.2
Northfleet Technology CollegeGravesend · 108 miles awayGood35.7
King James I Academy Bishop AucklandBishop Auckland · 148 miles awayExpected standard43.9
The Dukeries AcademyNewark · 52 miles awayNeeds attention34.8
Coppice Performing Arts SchoolWolverhampton · 24 miles awayGood43.8
Skinners' Kent AcademyTunbridge Wells · 122 miles awayGood38.4
Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and MathematicsLowestoft · 136 miles awayGood44.9
Longbenton High SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 173 miles awayGood41.7

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Warwickshire 68%, England 59%) · Any other White background 4% (Warwickshire 7%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Warwickshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Warwickshire 3%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Warwickshire 7%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Warwickshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Warwickshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
13.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

73.47 suspensions per 100 pupils and 8 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Warwickshire: 15.97 suspensions and 0.21 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
17.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 7% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.77% 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)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.1 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 £55,980; 20% 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£8,290
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 10% (6%) · bought-in professional services 0% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£27,000

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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63%62.3%
Social housing10.9%17.1%
Privately rented26%20.5%
Detached houses15.7%22.9%
Flats20.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01031050 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£205,500284 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£250,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (71)£282,000
Semi-detached (95)£215,000
Terraced (108)£166,000
Flat (10)£118,500

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

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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an 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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