Secondary · NG6 · Nottingham

The Bulwell Academy

Hucknall Lane, Nottingham, NG6 8AQ

CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance92.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.72
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils934

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching and achievement needs attention; inclusion, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Inadequate (4 Oct 2022).

  1. Previous gradedInadequate

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NG6. Where we have them, council (Nottingham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
934
Free school meals
34.2%
3.6% below district average (37.8%)

Also: Nottingham 40.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
22%
5.3% above district average (16.7%)

Also: Nottingham 14.7% · England 16.5%

EAL
13.8%
10% below district average (23.8%)
Attendance
92.8%
2.1% below district average (94.9%)

Also: Nottingham 91.3% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
20.8%
Progress 8
-0.72 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
36.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
29.3%
Grade 4+ English & maths
46.8%
Entered for EBacc
12.2%
EBacc average point score
3.01

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NG6 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2191.3%
  • 2021/2288.5%
  • 2022/2385.9%
  • 2023/2486.6%
  • 2024/2589.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1050
Pupils on roll
934

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Nottingham page.

SEN support

SEN %
22%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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