The Minster School
Middle deemed secondary · Academy converter · Ages 7–18 · Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.820 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
The Minster School is a middle school in Southwell, Nottinghamshire for ages 7–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Minster 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 | 5.820 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 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.820 miles from the school, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
- The Year 7 last distance swung sharply between some years from 2020 to 2026.
- A level results in 2024/25 were an average grade of B- (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
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
- Nottingham Road, Southwell, NG25 0LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Ages
- 7–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,616 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils appreciate the calm, orderly and focused ethos across the school.”
- “The school’s ‘WORKS’ values are lived by pupils daily.”
- “High behavioural expectations are set.”
To improve
- “The school has improved its provision for pupils with SEND in the last year.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 100% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 55.9 | 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.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.
- Dukes Wood School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Salterford House School 5.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Highfields School 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Newark Orchard School 7.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hope House School 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Endeavour Academy 8.2 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wellow House School 8.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Dawn House School 8.3 mi Not judged