The Holgate Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.696 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Holgate Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Holgate 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 | 4.696 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 4.696 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 177 first-choice applications for 229 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 52 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 20% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 4 June 2024, was Requires improvement.
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
- Nabbs Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 6HB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from an environment that is calm and suitable for learning.”
- “Aspirations for what pupils can achieve are high.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are mainly respectful.”
To improve
- “However, there is more work to do before all pupils attend school well and receive a consistently high quality of education.”
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how staff manage pupils’ behaviour.”
- “Many pupils want to do well, although some do not commit fully to their learning and avoid completing work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 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) | 20% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.3 | 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: 177 first-preference applications, 229 offers in total, 177 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 National CofE Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Kimberley School 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hall Park Academy 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Redhill Academy 4.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Selston High School 4.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Kirkby 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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