Fernwood School
About the school
Fernwood School is an open secondary school in Nottingham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 12 March 2024
- Published
- 24 April 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 53.8
- Nottingham
- 43
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Nottingham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 63.00%
- Nottingham
- 39.80%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 79.80%
- Nottingham
- 59.40%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 34.70%
- Nottingham
- 26.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.78
- Nottingham
- 3.73
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1536
Girls
47.07%
Boys
52.93%
SEN support
8.27%
Education, health and care plan
0.91%
English as an additional language
34.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
19.99%
Overall absence
6.51
Persistent absence
16.13
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
211
Sustained education or employment
94%
Education
92%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
5%