The West Bridgford School, Nottingham

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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The West Bridgford School

Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7FA

https://www.wbs.school/

The West Bridgford School is a non-selective academy. It has about 1,790 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In January 2024 the school was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of East Midlands Education Trust. (Other schools in this trust include The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form, The Kimberley School, Castle Donington College, Limehurst Academy and The Joseph Whitaker School.)

Particular strengths include Progress, Attendance, Attainment and Sixth form. Relative weaknesses include Admissions and Representation.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.6		Rushcliffe Spencer Academy
1.0		The Becket School
1.1		The Nottingham Emmanuel School
1.3		Farnborough Spencer Academy
2.4		Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology
2.9		Nottingham Academy
3.4		Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
3.5		Djanogly City Academy
3.7		Bluecoat Trent Academy
3.7		The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form
3.9		The Wells Academy
4.0		Chilwell School

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Progress: Excellent. Progress up to the ages of 16 and 18 are both excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Attainment: Excellent. Attainment at the ages of 16 and 18 are both excellent. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Sixth form: Excellent. Attainment is excellent, progress is excellent and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are above average.

Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.

Disadvantaged pupils: Excellent. Progress up to age 16 is excellent. Destinations at 16 are about average. Progress at 16-18 is excellent.

Destinations: Excellent. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is quite high.

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix and ethnic representation are both out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

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