The Garibaldi School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.448 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Garibaldi School is a secondary school in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Garibaldi 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 | 2.448 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
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire.
- The last Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child living 2.448 miles away, the 14th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026, 197 first-choice applications came in for 208 Year 7 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 11 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 25.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire is 32.1%.
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
- Forest Town, Mansfield, NG19 0JX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,017 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “From Year 7 to the sixth form, pupils at The Garibaldi School treat each other with care and respect.”
- “They work hard to live up to the school’s values of pride, respect and achieve.”
- “Pupils are polite and friendly, and they engage with staff well.”
To improve
- “In a minority of subjects, some teachers do not check frequently enough what pupils know and understand, before introducing new learning.”
- “While most pupils attend school well, some do not attend as often as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.4 | 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: 197 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 197 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.
- Sherwood Church Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Brunts Academy 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Manor Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Joseph Whitaker School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Meden School 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Quarrydale Academy 5.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
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