UK Schools
Outwood Academy Kirkby
Outwood Academy Kirkby is a mixed secondary academy in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 523 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in May 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.1 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 6 holidays and 1 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Outwood Academy Kirkby.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Outwood Academy Kirkby.
- 20–31 October Half Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holidays
- 1–2 Christmas Holidays
- 5 Staff Training Day
- 16–20 February Half Term
- 30–31 Easter Holidays
- 1–10 Easter Holidays
- 4 Bank Holiday (May Day)
- 25–29 May Half Term
Key dates (2025–2026)
- October Half Term Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holidays Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- February Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holidays Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Bank Holiday (May Day) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- May Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Late July 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Outwood Academy Kirkby with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
Attendance 34.4% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 74% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Outwood Academy Kirkby. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Outwood Academy Kirkby than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.