Alderman White School
Academy converter · 768 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.6
Non-maintained special school
Dawn House School
- Pupils on roll
- 113of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 38.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 13
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 1 July 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Dawn House School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Dawn House School’s own sixth form (Nottinghamshire average 36%), 15% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Dawn House School | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 13 | 8,955 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 36% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 15% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 85% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Dawn House School | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 3.1 | 46.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 4.15 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | — | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 50.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | — | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 10 | 77% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 20% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 2 | 15% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,130 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.6
Arnold Hill Spencer Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,552 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.8
Ashfield Comprehensive School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,601 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Bramcote College
Academy converter · sixth form · 816 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.3
Carlton Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,354 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.