Outwood Academy Portland
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.560 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Outwood Academy Portland is a secondary school in Worksop, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Outwood Academy Portland 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 | 1.560 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 Year 7 last distance offered in 2026 was 1.560 miles, 9th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.94 miles.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2021, after sharp swings, the biggest from 2022 to 2023.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 301 first-choice applications for 295 offers; 290 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 results: 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd 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
- Netherton Road, Worksop, S80 2SF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,706 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils value the focused, orderly and calm ethos across the school.”
- “Their conduct is polite, courteous and purposeful.”
- “High behavioural expectations are set and are mostly met.”
To improve
- “However, many parents and carers do not fully appreciate the reasons for, and the benefits of the changes.”
- “There is therefore variability in parents’ views about the school.”
- “However, too many pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, do not value their education and are often absent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.9 | 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: 301 first-preference applications, 295 offers in total, 290 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.
- Outwood Academy Valley 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Meden School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Retford Oaks Academy 6.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Elizabethan Academy 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Dukeries Academy 7.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Manor Academy 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Garibaldi School 9.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brunts Academy 10.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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