The West Bridgford School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.303 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The West Bridgford School is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The West Bridgford 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 | 1.303 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.303 miles from the school, the 7th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 or 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 331 first-choice applications for 267 offers; 264 offers went to first-choice families and 67 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 81% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, the highest 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
- Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7FA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,809 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 30 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils receive a highly ambitious education at this school.”
- “Pupils and parents/carers appreciate the school’s high expectations and exacting standards.”
- “They know that these keep pupils safe and support pupils to achieve across the curriculum to the very best of their abilities.”
To improve
- “There are some rare instances when a few pupils struggle to meet these expectations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 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) | 81% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 62.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B+ | 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: 331 first-preference applications, 267 offers in total, 264 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.
- Rushcliffe Spencer Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Becket School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Chilwell School 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form 3.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton Academy 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alderman White School 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Nottinghamshire Academy 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bramcote College 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
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