Contested schools in Nottinghamshire

These are the Nottinghamshire schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Nottinghamshire

Secondary schools (24)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Nottinghamshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy	188	267	1.42
The Becket School	171	229	1.34
The National CofE Academy	207	261	1.26
Alderman White School	149	185	1.24
The West Bridgford School	267	331	1.24
The Joseph Whitaker School	243	296	1.22
The Elizabethan Academy	236	276	1.17
Carlton Academy	257	296	1.15
The Suthers School	149	162	1.09
The Newark Academy	207	224	1.08
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form	168	178	1.06
The Kimberley School	239	249	1.04
Bramcote College	144	149	1.03
Redhill Academy	265	272	1.03
Samworth Church Academy	176	181	1.03
Outwood Academy Portland	295	301	1.02
Tuxford Academy	243	249	1.02
Rushcliffe Spencer Academy	358	363	1.01
Ashfield Comprehensive School	406	408	1
Outwood Academy Valley	295	293	0.99
The Garibaldi School	208	197	0.95
South Nottinghamshire Academy	177	159	0.90
Serlby Park Academy	56	49	0.88
Queen Elizabeth's Academy	171	124	0.73

Primary schools (83)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Nottinghamshire, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Rivendell Flying High Academy	43	53	1.23
Hucknall Flying High Academy	59	70	1.19
Bagthorpe Primary School	18	21	1.17
Horsendale Primary School	31	36	1.16
Mapperley Plains Primary and Nursery School	52	60	1.15
Willow Farm Primary School	44	49	1.11
Willow Brook Primary School	33	36	1.09
Forest Glade Primary School	36	39	1.08
Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School	50	54	1.08
Westwood Infant and Nursery School	12	13	—
Edwalton Primary School	61	65	1.07
Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School	15	16	—
Springbank Academy	27	29	1.07
St Edmund's CofE (C) Primary & Nursery School	42	45	1.07
Edgewood Primary and Nursery School	34	36	1.06
Harworth Church of England Academy	35	37	1.06
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School	17	18	—
St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School	31	33	1.06
Archbishop Cranmer Church of England Academy	37	39	1.05
Bramcote Hills Primary School	65	68	1.05
Linby Cum Papplewick CofE Primary School	21	22	1.05
Brookside Primary School	48	50	1.04
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School	27	28	1.04
Underwood Church of England Primary School	25	26	1.04
Butler's Hill Infant and Nursery School	60	62	1.03
Christ Church C of E Primary School	30	31	1.03
Gilthill Primary School	36	37	1.03
Hucknall National Church of England Primary School	67	69	1.03
Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School	32	33	1.03
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	29	30	1.03
The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold	69	71	1.03
Thoresby Vale Primary Academy	35	36	1.03
Whipman Woods Flying High Academy	32	33	1.03
Chetwynd Spencer Academy	64	65	1.02
Crescent Primary School	58	59	1.02
Farnsfield St Michael's Church of England Primary School	47	48	1.02
Greenwood Primary and Nursery School	59	60	1.02
Abbey Gates Primary School	28	28	1
Arnold Mill Primary and Nursery School	41	41	1
Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school	67	67	1
Birklands Primary School	39	39	1
Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy	25	25	1
Bramcote CofE Primary School	24	24	1
Carnarvon Primary School	47	47	1
Church Vale Primary School and Foundation Unit	27	27	1
Chuter Ede Primary School	82	82	1
Crossdale Primary School	30	30	1
Fairfield Spencer Academy	49	49	1
Greasley Beauvale Primary and Nursery School	51	51	1
Greythorn Primary School	46	46	1
Haddon Primary and Nursery School	19	19	—
Heathlands Primary School	14	14	—
High Oakham Primary School	69	69	1
Holly Primary School	35	35	1
Holy Cross Primary Catholic Voluntary Academy	26	26	1
Jesse Gray Primary School	55	55	1
John Blow Primary School	22	22	1
John T Rice Infant and Nursery School	48	48	1
King Edwin Primary and Nursery School	49	49	1
Kneesall CofE Primary Academy	16	16	—
Lake View Primary and Nursery School	25	25	1
Mansfield Primary Academy	23	23	1
Millside Spencer Academy	30	30	1
Norbridge Academy	39	39	1
Parkdale Primary School	52	52	1
Ramsden Primary School	18	18	—
Ranby CofE Primary School	17	17	—
Rosecliffe Spencer Academy	56	56	1
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School	48	48	1
St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe	13	13	—
The Primary School of St Mary and St Martin	14	14	—
Thrumpton Primary Academy	20	20	1
Tuxford Primary Academy	19	19	—
Winthorpe Primary School	15	15	—
Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy	30	30	1
Wynndale Primary School	30	30	1
Abbey Road Primary School	42	41	0.98
Berry Hill Primary School	45	44	0.98
Woodthorpe Infant School	57	56	0.98
Lambley Primary School	26	25	0.96
Lowdham CofE Primary School	20	19	—
Hollywell Primary School	27	25	0.93
Hillside Primary and Nursery School	51	45	0.88

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.