UK Schools
Outwood Academy Portland
Outwood Academy Portland is a mixed secondary academy in Worksop, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 1,706 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in September 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 47.9 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Outwood Academy Portland.
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 Portland.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- October Half Term Holiday 2025 Mon 20 Oct 2025 - Fri 31 Oct 2025 Holiday
- Christmas & New Year Holiday 2025/26 Mon 22 Dec 2025 - Fri 02 Jan 2026 Holiday
- February Half Term Holiday 2026 Mon 16 Feb 2026 - Fri 20 Feb 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday including Bank Holidays 2026 Mon 30 Mar 2026 - Fri 10 Apr 2026 Holiday
- May Day Bank Holiday 2026 Mon 04 May 2026 Holiday
- May Half Term Holiday 2026 Mon 25 May 2026 - Fri 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday 2026 (including disaggregated training days) Thu 23 Jul 2026 - Mon 31 Aug 2026 Holiday
- Inset Training Day - Academy closed to students Tue 01 Sep 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Outwood Academy Portland with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 47.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 31.73 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 26.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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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 Portland. 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 Portland 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.