Retford Oaks Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Retford, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
12.362 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Retford Oaks Academy is a secondary school in Retford, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Retford Oaks Academy 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 | 12.362 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 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 12.362 miles, the 2nd longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.94 miles.
- Year 7 distances have swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 but further than in 2022.
- Year 7 2026 drew 150 first-choice applications for 174 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 24 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 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
- Babworth Road, Retford, DN22 7NJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,080 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of Retford Oaks Academy.”
- “They know that staff will go ‘above and beyond’ to keep them safe.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to be ‘dedicated to their learning’ and to work hard and do well during lessons.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils are capable of being challenged so that they make links with other aspects of learning in different subjects.”
- “While some pupils with SEND are recalling what they have been taught, the support for others is inconsistent.”
- “Some staff do not adapt or modify the curriculum precisely enough so that these pupils can learn as well as their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2022 (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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.1 | 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: 150 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 150 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.
- The Elizabethan Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Tuxford Academy 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Portland 6.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Valley 7.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Dukeries Academy 7.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meden School 11.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Garibaldi School 13.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Manor Academy 14.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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