Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.84 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Arnold Hill Spencer 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 | 2.84 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 Year 7 child offered a place in 2026 lived 2.84 miles away, the 17th shortest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- There were 238 first-choice applications for 264 offers for Year 7 in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- For Year 7 in 2026, 154 of the 722 applications (21%) came from families living outside Nottinghamshire, and 53 offers went to them.
- 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), 5th 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
- Gedling Road, Arnold, Gedling Road,, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,552 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “Arnold Hill Spencer Academy has high expectations of what all pupils will achieve.”
- “It provides a challenging curriculum that is designed well to meet pupils’ aspirations.”
- “Typically, pupils enjoy their learning and have positive attitudes towards school.”
To improve
- “At times, however, learning moves on before pupils have grasped essential knowledge.”
- “When this happens, pupils struggle with new or more-complex learning.”
- “However, the attendance of vulnerable pupils is not as strong as that of their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2025 (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) | 49.8 | 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: 238 first-preference applications, 264 offers in total, 238 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.
- Christ The King Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Redhill Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Carlton Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Carlton le Willows Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Colonel Frank Seely Academy 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Nottinghamshire Academy 5.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Becket School 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holgate Academy 5.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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