Colonel Frank Seely Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
21.139 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Colonel Frank Seely Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2022. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Colonel Frank Seely 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 | 21.139 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 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 21.139 miles, the longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.94 miles).
- Year 7 last distances have swung sharply, most from 2025 to 2026, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 158 first-choice applications for 166 Year 7 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest 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
- Flatts Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6JZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 895 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 May 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils value the vertical tutor group system.”
- “Younger pupils said that they get to make friends with older pupils, and this helped them settle into the school when they started in Year 7.”
- “Pupils describe the tutor groups as a small family within a larger school family.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, assessment and feedback do not always help pupils to embed knowledge.”
- “There are still a few instances when teachers do not match activities to what they want pupils to know.”
- “When this happens, pupils lose focus and do not learn as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 2022 (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) | 45% | 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: 158 first-preference applications, 166 offers in total, 158 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.
- Redhill Academy 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy 3.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arnold Hill Spencer Academy 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Carlton le Willows Academy 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Carlton Academy 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Joseph Whitaker School 5.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The National CofE Academy 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holgate Academy 5.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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