Carlton le Willows Academy
Secondary schoolCarlton le Willows Academy is a secondary school in Gedling, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,803 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), November 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 November 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Carlton le Willows Academy was 56.5, against 49.2 in Gedling and 46.2 in England.
76.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Gedling | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 56.5 | 49.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 76.1% | 53.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86.3% | 70.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 284 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Willow Farm Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)580 m
- All Hallows CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), February 2024. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Priory Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Netherfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Phoenix Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, January 20221.2 km
- Rivendell Flying High AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Gedling
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).