Meden School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
8.015 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meden School is a secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Meden 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 | 8.015 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
- Year 7's 2026 last distance offered, 8.015 miles, was 5th longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance; their middle figure was 2.94 miles.
- That Year 7 distance was further out than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 182 first-choice applications for 194 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44 (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
- Burns Lane, Warsop, Mansfield, NG20 0QN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,054 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where all staff want the very best for their pupils.”
- “They are ambitious for the school.”
- “The curriculum has been carefully designed so that pupils achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, some pupils rarely read outside of lessons.”
- “They do not receive the opportunity to practise and develop their reading fluency.”
- “However, the attendance of pupils with SEND is not as strong as others in the school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2023 (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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44 | 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: 182 first-preference applications, 194 offers in total, 182 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 Manor Academy 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Garibaldi School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brunts Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherwood Church Academy 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Academy 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Portland 6.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Dukeries Academy 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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