# Quarrydale Academy

Quarrydale 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.

Secondary school. Code E137857. [Ashfield](https://openindex.co.uk/ashfield)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,265
- Council: Ashfield
- URN: 137857

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brierley-forest-primary-and-nursery-school-e149209): 800 m. Primary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement. 20% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Priestsic Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priestsic-primary-and-nursery-school-e122468): 940 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2022. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-cofe-primary-and-nursery-school-e122742): 980 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Forest Glade Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-glade-primary-school-e147715): 1 km. Primary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 93% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/healdswood-infants-and-nursery-school-e122488): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- [Skegby Junior Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/skegby-junior-academy-e139941): 1.3 km. Primary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137857)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137857)

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