Quarrydale Academy
Secondary schoolQuarrydale Academy is a secondary school in Ashfield, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,265 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, 7 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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 Quarrydale Academy was 39.3, against 41.1 in Ashfield and 46.2 in England.
26.7% 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 | 39.3 | 41.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26.7% | 34% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51.1% | 55.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 225 | – | – |
- 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- Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 20% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
- Priestsic Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Forest Glade Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met1.1 km
- Skegby Junior AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 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).