The Becket School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.142 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Becket School is a secondary school in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Becket 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 | 3.142 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
- At 1.3 first choices per offer for Year 7 2026, demand was the 2nd highest of 42 Nottinghamshire secondary schools.
- Year 7 2026 drew 229 first-choice applications for 171 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families, and 62 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 3.142 miles, the 19th longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.94 miles.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 57.3 (England 46).
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
- The Becket Way, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 7QY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,157 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils and students in the sixth form speak with pride about attending The Becket School.”
- “They know that their teachers have extremely high expectations.”
- “There is a determination to make sure that pupils become the best version of themselves.”
To improve
- “Although ambitious, the curriculum is not adapted well enough for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “A few of these pupils do not gain the knowledge and skills that they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 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) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.3 | 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: 229 first-preference applications, 171 offers in total, 167 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 West Bridgford School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rushcliffe Spencer Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chilwell School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Alderman White School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carlton Academy 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bramcote College 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- George Spencer Academy 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
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