Chilwell School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.72 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chilwell School is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 31 January 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Chilwell School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.72 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 last distance in 2026 was 1.72 miles, the 10th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle was 2.94 miles.
- Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 148 first-choice applications for 176 offers; 144 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above: 55% of pupils (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools (this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Queens Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 5AL
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,078 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 31 January 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy community school where pupils feel safe.”
- “The school is calm and orderly.”
- “The school rewards pupils for working hard and doing the right thing.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, lessons do not focus clearly enough on the precise vocabulary or knowledge that pupils need to learn in order to move on to the next stage.”
- “When this is the case, some pupils do not grow in competence or confidence.”
- “In lessons, staff usually make effective checks on pupils’ understanding although this is not yet fully effective in every classroom.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.2 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 148 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 144 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Alderman White School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- George Spencer Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramcote College 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Becket School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The West Bridgford School 3.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rushcliffe Spencer Academy 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Leake Academy 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Kimberley School 6.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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