Quarrydale Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.747 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Quarrydale Academy is a secondary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Quarrydale 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 | 4.747 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.747 miles away, the 12th longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 195 first-choice applications for 196 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), while progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
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
- Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,265 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school provides a caring environment for pupils.”
- “Staff are hardworking and committed to providing pupils with the support they need.”
- “The school’s pastoral offer is strong.”
To improve
- “However, parents rightly recognise that some pupils do not behave or achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, the quality of education provided varies in quality.”
- “The school does not consistently ensure that pupils engage purposefully in their learning or take pride in their work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2025 (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) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.6 | 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: 195 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 195 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.
- Sutton Community Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashfield Comprehensive School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Kirkby 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Academy 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brunts Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherwood Church Academy 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Manor Academy 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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