The Garibaldi School is a mixed secondary academy in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 1,017 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in June 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 44.4 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 22 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Garibaldi School.

Latest inspection
Good Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour & attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership & managementGood
Sixth formGood
S5 Inspection · Inspected 6 Jun 2023 · Published 17 Jul 2023
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Garibaldi School.

The Garibaldi School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

August 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 28 School INSET Day
  • 29 School INSET Day
September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Autumn Term
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Autumn Term
  • 3 Trust INSET Day
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3–30 Autumn Term (continued)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 Autumn Term (continued)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
  • 5 School INSET Day
  • 6–31 Spring Term
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–13 Spring Term
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
  • 23–28 Spring Term (continued)
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–27 Spring Term (continued)
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
  • 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
  • 13–30 Summer Term
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term (continued)
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term (continued)
  • 23 School Disaggregated INSET (Holiday)
  • 24–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday)

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • School INSET Day Aug 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • School INSET Day Aug 29, 2025 Inset Day
  • Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term (continued) Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • School INSET Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • Spring Term Jan 6, 2026 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (continued) Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (continued) Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 22, 2026 Term
  • School Disaggregated INSET (Holiday) Jul 23, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 24, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Trust INSET Day Oct 3, 2025 Inset Day
  • New Year's Day (Public Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Public Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Public Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday (Public Holiday) Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Public Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Public Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
44.4 Attainment 8 England 46.1
47.1% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 33%
35.82 A level average score England 35 Top 37%
25.2% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Garibaldi School with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 44.4 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 44.4
Nottinghamshire County Council 46.8 England 46.1 -1.7 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 47.1%
Nottinghamshire County Council 46.9% England 45.4% +1.7 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 32
Nottinghamshire County Council 33.9 England 34.9 -2.9 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 17.1
Nottinghamshire County Council 16.9 England 15.5 +1.6 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 27%
Nottinghamshire County Council 23.6% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 174
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 35.82 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 35.82
Nottinghamshire County Council 34.65 England 35 +0.8 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 26
Attendance 25.2% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 25.2%
Nottinghamshire County Council 16.6% England 17.8% +7.5 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.2%
Nottinghamshire County Council 6.5% England 6.8% +2.4 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 91%
Nottinghamshire County Council 92% England 92% -1 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 72%
Nottinghamshire County Council 82% England 83% -11 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 100% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Nottinghamshire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 100%
Nottinghamshire County Council 84% England 79% +21 vs England
Went to higher education 58%
Nottinghamshire County Council 40% England 37% +21 vs 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 The Garibaldi School. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Garibaldi School 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.