Rushcliffe Spencer Academy

Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Year 7 2026

0.422 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026

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Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 13 May 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.

Rushcliffe Spencer 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	0.422 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 last child offered a Year 7 place for 2026 lived 0.422 miles away, the shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
Year 7 entry in 2026 had 363 first-choice applications for 358 offers; 337 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 58.1 (England 46).
Among 9 schools (this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire), the 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above share was 2nd highest.

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: Boundary Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7BW
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Ages: 11–18
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 2,039 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 13 May 2025

Strengths

“This aim underpins this highly ambitious and very inclusive school.”
“The school has high expectations for all pupils’ achievement.”
“Pupils respond to these expectations brilliantly.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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)	74%	45%
Attainment 8 score (2024/25)	58.1	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: 363 first-preference applications, 358 offers in total, 337 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 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
The Becket School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Carlton Academy 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
South Nottinghamshire Academy 4.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chilwell School 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Carlton le Willows Academy 4.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Alderman White School 4.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published