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Outstanding & Good schools in Nottinghamshire

9 state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted — 4 Outstanding and 5 Good, across 7 secondary and 2 primary schools.

Which schools in Nottinghamshire are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted?

GeraLearn lists 9 top-rated state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire (4 Outstanding and 5 Good by Ofsted, as of 31 May 2026): 7 secondary and 2 primary. The West Bridgford School is among them — rated Outstanding. Source: Ofsted management information, OGL v3.0.

Source:Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information·As of 31 May 2026 · updated monthly · last refreshed

Top-rated schools

9

Outstanding

4

Secondary

7

Primary

2

All 9 top-rated schools in Nottinghamshire

Outstanding first. Each school links to its full Ofsted profile.

SchoolPhaseOfstedPupilsLast inspected
The West Bridgford SchoolNG2 7FASecondaryOutstanding1,780January 2024
Redhill AcademyNG5 8GXSecondaryOutstanding1,577May 2024
Cotgrave Candleby Lane SchoolNG12 3JGPrimaryOutstanding530December 2023
Chetwynd Spencer AcademyNG9 6FWPrimaryOutstanding417October 2019
Toot Hill SchoolNG13 8BLSecondaryGood1,907November 2022
Outwood Academy ValleyS81 7ENSecondaryGood1,702April 2024
George Spencer AcademyNG9 7EWSecondaryGood1,633March 2023
The Minster SchoolNG25 0LGSecondaryGood1,618November 2023
Tuxford AcademyNG22 0JHSecondaryGood1,482March 2023

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Schools in Nottinghamshire — FAQ

How many Outstanding or Good schools are there in Nottinghamshire?
GeraLearn's directory covers 9 top-rated state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire: 4 Outstanding and 5 Good by Ofsted (as of 31 May 2026). This includes 7 secondary and 2 primary schools. For the share of ALL Nottinghamshire schools rated Good or better, see the Gera School Quality Index for Nottinghamshire.
Which schools in Nottinghamshire are rated Outstanding by Ofsted?
4 schools are rated Outstanding in Nottinghamshire: The West Bridgford School, Redhill Academy, Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, Chetwynd Spencer Academy. Each carries an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade of 1 (Outstanding).
What is the largest top-rated school in Nottinghamshire?
Toot Hill School is the largest top-rated secondary school listed in Nottinghamshire, with 1,907 pupils. It is rated Good by Ofsted.
Where does this Nottinghamshire schools data come from?
Every school, grade and pupil count is taken directly from Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (as at 31 May 2026), published by Ofsted under the Open Government Licence v3.0. GeraLearn lists the Outstanding and Good schools verbatim — no rating is modelled or estimated.

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Source: Ofsted — State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information, as at 31 May 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Schools listed are those Ofsted currently grades Outstanding or Good; no figure is modelled or estimated by GeraLearn.