Councils · England · Nottingham
Schools in Nottingham, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 76 primary, 19 secondary — with Nottingham’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary scheme (PDF) · Secondary scheme (PDF)
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Nottingham’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Nottingham’s portal →Verify the exact date on the council’s scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN NOTTINGHAM
Find your shortlist.
All 112state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 76
Ambleside Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Berridge Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Bluecoat Bentinck Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Bluecoat Primary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Brocklewood Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Bulwell St Mary's Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Burford Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Cantrell Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Not judged yet
Carrington Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Claremont Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Crabtree Farm Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Djanogly Northgate Academy
Academy converter · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Djanogly Sherwood Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Djanogly Strelley Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Dovecote Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Edna G. Olds Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Fernwood Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Firbeck Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Forest Fields Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Glade Hill Primary & Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Glenbrook Spencer Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Greenfields Community School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Haydn Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Heathfield Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Hempshill Hall Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Henry Whipple Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Highbank Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Hogarth Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Huntingdon Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Jubilee L.E.A.D. Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Melbury Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Mellers Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Middleton Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Nottingham Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Old Basford School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Our Lady & St Edward Primary & Nursery Catholic Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Portland Spencer Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Radford Primary School Academy
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Rise Park Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Robert Shaw Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Robin Hood Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Rosslyn Park Primary and Nursery School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Rufford Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Bulwell
Ofsted · Good
Scotholme Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Seely Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Snape Wood Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
South Wilford Endowed CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Southglade Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Southwark Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Southwold Primary School and Early Years' Centre
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Springfield Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Ann's Well Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Patrick's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Stanstead Flying High Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Sycamore Academy
Academy converter · Ages 2-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
The Glapton Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
The Milford Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Victoria Primary School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Walter Halls Primary and Early Years School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Warren Primary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Welbeck Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Westglade Primary School
Community school · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Whitegate Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Whitemoor Academy (Primary and Nursery)
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
William Booth Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Windmill L.E.A.D. Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 19
Bluecoat Aspley Academy
Academy converter · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Bluecoat Beechdale Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Bluecoat Trent Academy
Free schools · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Academy converter · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Djanogly City Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
Ellis Guilford School
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Farnborough Spencer Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Fernwood School
Academy converter · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Nottingham Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Nottingham Free School
Free schools · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Nottingham Girls' Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-19 · Girls · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology
Free schools · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Nottingham University Samworth Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Park Vale Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
The Bulwell Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
The Nottingham Emmanuel School
Academy converter · Ages 11-19 · Mixed · West Bridgford
Ofsted · Good
The Oakwood Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · Ages 11-18 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
The Wells Academy
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Special & other · 18
Bilborough College
Academy 16-19 converter · Ages 16-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
FUEL
Other independent school · Ages 13-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Fig Tree Primary School
Other independent school · Ages 5-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Green Crescent School
Other independent school · Ages 4-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Hollygirt School
Other independent school · Ages 3-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Not judged yet
Jamia Al-Hudaa Residential College
Other independent school · Ages 11-19 · Girls · Nottingham
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Nethergate Academy
Academy special converter · Ages 5-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Nottingham College
Further education · Ages 16-99 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
Other independent school · Ages 3-19 · Girls
Not judged yet
Nottingham High School
Other independent school · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Not judged yet
Oak Field School
Community special school · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Rosehill School
Community special school · Ages 4-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Outstanding
Silver Linings School
Other independent special school · Ages 5-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Not judged yet
St Joseph's School
Other independent school · Ages 1-11 · Mixed · Nottingham
Not judged yet
Sutherland House School
Non-maintained special school · Ages 3-19 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Take 1 Learning Centre
Other independent school · Ages 14-16 · Mixed
Ofsted · Good
Westbury Academy
Academy special converter · Ages 7-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Good
Woodlands Academy
Academy special converter · Ages 3-16 · Mixed · Nottingham
Ofsted · Not judged
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Nottingham.
If you live in Nottingham, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Nottingham secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
Families near Nottingham often also shortlist schools in these neighbouring council areas.