Outwood Academy Kirkby
Secondary schoolOutwood Academy Kirkby is a secondary school in Ashfield, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 523 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 Outwood Academy Kirkby was 40.5, against 41.1 in Ashfield and 46.2 in England.
33.7% 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 | Ashfield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.5 | 41.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33.7% | 34% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% | 55.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 83 | – | – |
- 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- Morven Park Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Kingsway Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022, before the school changed. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Bracken Hill SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, November 2021700 m
- Abbey Hill Primary & NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), April 2023, before the school changed. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- The West Park AcademyPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Orchard Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ashfield
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).