Bluecoat Aspley Academy
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
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Willowfield Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 119of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 81.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 19
- Ofsted
- Good, 9 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Westbury School (URN 122966, until 1 March 2017).
What the data says
Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Willowfield Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.8 against 46.1 across England and 43.0 in Nottingham, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 Nottingham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Willowfield Academy | Nottingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 18 | 3,152 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 56% | 88% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 56% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 27% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 28% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 39% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Willowfield Academy | Nottingham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.8 | 43.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.18 | 3.73 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 74% | 42% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 35.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 35% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 14 | 74% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 7% |
| Art and Design | 9 | 47% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 22% |
| English Language | 7 | 37% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 32% | 23% | 0% | 47% | 0% |
| Citizenship Studies | 4 | 21% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Design and Technology | 3 | 16% | 11% | — | 23% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 3 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Nottingham
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Ellis Guilford School
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Farnborough Spencer Academy
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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.