Christ The King Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.862 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Christ The King Voluntary Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Christ The King Voluntary 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 | 2.862 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 in 2026 lived 2.862 miles away, the 18th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle 2.94 miles).
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2020, having swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 2026 had 142 first-choice applications for 154 offers; 139 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Darlton Drive, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 7JZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 857 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Christ The King Voluntary Academy is a welcoming and close-knit community where pupils thrive.”
- “Positive relationships are at the heart of the school’s ethos.”
- “Pupils and students treat each other with tolerance and respect.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects, leaders need to continue to refine the curriculum to ensure that curriculum plans outline the precise knowledge they want pupils to know.”
- “Some older pupils feel that the wider curriculum offer does not cater for their interests.”
- “As a result, take-up is not as high as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.9 | 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: 142 first-preference applications, 154 offers in total, 139 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.
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redhill Academy 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carlton Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carlton le Willows Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colonel Frank Seely Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- South Nottinghamshire Academy 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The National CofE Academy 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holgate Academy 5.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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