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Retford Oaks Academy
Retford Oaks Academy
Address
	Babworth Road; Retford, Nottinghamshire, DN22 7NJ; England
Coordinates	53°19′15″N 0°57′26″W / 53.32090°N 0.95722°W
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Type	Academy
Motto	Dedicated to excellence
Established	2003
Department for Education URN	137117 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Cumber, Rufford, Sherwood, Thorseby
Colour(s)	green, black, yellow, white
Former names	King Edward VI School, Ordsall Hall School, Sir Frederick Milner Secondary Modern, Retford Oaks High School

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Retford Oaks Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the market town of Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, situated in the district of Bassetlaw.

Academic performance

The school has improved from a poor starting point since opening in 2003. The number of students achieving 5 or more A* to C grades at GCSE has risen from 20% in 2006 to 49% in 2011. The opening of the separate sixth form centre with The Elizabethan Academy, effectively operating as a sixth form college, has produced A level results above the England average.

Ofsted

Retford Oaks Academy was last inspected in may 2022, with the overall judgement being that it is a ‘good’ school. The report highlighted the steps that have been taken to ensure a positive, safe and successful learning experience for all students.^[1]

History

The school was established in 2003 with the amalgamation of two of the schools in Retford. His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent formally opened the school in October 2008. In September 2009 the school was designated as a specialist sports college with its second subject being Mathematics. In September 2011 the school officially became academy as part of the Diverse Academies Trust.

Older schools: King Edward VI Grammar School and the Girls' High School

The King Edward VI School was on London Road. It was previously known as the King Edward VI Grammar School and the oldest part of the school buildings (opened in August 1857) was designed by Decimus Burton. The Grammar School magazine was called The Retfordian. The school motto was Ex Pulvere Palma. In later years the school's senior houses were Edward, Foljambe, Gough, and Overend. The junior houses were Bescoby, Darrell, Laycock, and Mason (all named after school benefactors).

The school usually traced its original foundation back to Thomas Gunthorpe of Babworth in 1519 although there are references to a still earlier school in the town. It was refounded around 1551 during the reign of King Edward VI. It subsequently had a chequered history, twice coming close to collapse during the 19th century. The school accepted boarders from at least the 17th century onwards, but the last boarders left in 1938. During the Second World War a number of boys from the Great Yarmouth Grammar School were evacuated to Retford (from 1940 to 1944), and were taught in classrooms at King Edward VI Grammar School.^[2]

Headmasters of King Edward VI Grammar School^[3]

?1551 Rev. Christopher Say, LL.B., Jesus College, Cambridge
1588 Rev. George Turvyn (or Turvin), MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
?1605 Rev Thomas Cooper, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1628 Rev. Nicholas Dickons [or Dickens), MA, Pembroke College, Cambridge
1638 Thomas Stacey, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1642 Rev. Thomas Dand, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
1669 Robert Pinchbeck.^[4]
1670 Henry Boawre (or Boare/Bower), MA, St John's College, Cambridge
1702 Rev. Thomas Moore, St John's College, Cambridge
1708 Rev. Henry Stevenson
1748 Rev. Seth Ellis Stevenson, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge

A diary kept by Seth Ellis Stevenson between 1752-55 survives in Wigan Archives. Another diary from 1760-77 is in Nottingham University Library.

1793 Rev. William Tyre, MA, Pembroke College, Oxford
1801 Rev. William Mould, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge
1838 Rev. William Henry Trentham, MA, St John's College, Cambridge

Trentham resigned and died in 1842. From 1842-47 no headmaster was appointed, although the usher, James Holderness, continued to teach a few pupils

1847 Rev. John Henry Brown, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge (later headmaster of Brewood Grammar School, Staffordshire)

Following Brown's departure, no headmaster was appointed between 1850-57. Henry Clarke Mitchinson, the usher and sole remaining teacher, was acting headmaster, but his alleged harshness in corporal punishment led to various complaints and to an eventual court case.

1857 Rev. Jonathan Page Clayton, MA, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
1866 Rev. Edward Swinden Sanderson, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1870 Rev. Frederick Richard Pentreath, MA, DD, Worcester College, Oxford
1873 Rev. Alfred John Church, MA, Lincoln College, Oxford
1880 Rev. Oliver Carter Cockrem, MA, LLD, Trinity College Dublin
1886 Rev. Thomas Gough, BSc, FGS, London University

Gough was formerly headmaster of Elmfield College, York. Historian A D Grounds commented that "he may with justice be called the school's second founder".

1919 Charles Roland Skrimshire, MA, Merton College, Oxford
1926 Charles William Pilkington-Rogers, MA, BSc., Queens’ College, Cambridge
1950 John Charles Havelock Gover, MA, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
c1972 Tom Savage
c1978 Michael Allen

After amalgamating with the Sir Frederick Milner Secondary School in 1979, the new establishment was known simply as the King Edward VI School until the eventual second merger into the Oaks School.

Earlier there was also Retford High School for Girls on Pelham Road – a Girls' grammar school.

Previous schools up to 2003

Before 1979, the former Sir Frederick Milner Secondary School (an all-male secondary modern school) was on Pennington Walk,^[5] with around 500 boys, in the east of the town. This became part of the King Edward VI School, a voluntary controlled school, and was used as the sixth form site prior to the new Post-16 centre being opened in 2007. The former site will become residential properties. Sir Frederick Milner was the Conservative MP from 1890 to 1906 for Bassetlaw.

The former Retford Oaks School was on a site towards Ordsall near the former leisure centre, which was the former Ordsall Hall School on Ordsall Road (now the Post-16 Centre). This merged with the King Edward VI School in 2003 forming the current school.

Regeneration

Similar to five other schools in Bassetlaw (two in Worksop and one in Tuxford, Bircotes and The Elizabethan High School in Retford), the school underwent an extensive rebuilding programme under PFI funding. It was not possible to develop the King Edward VI School site as a Post-16 Centre (even though the county council wanted to), because the county council did not own the property so an entirely new site was built on Babworth Road. This site is for ages 11–16. On the former Ordsall Hall site, a new leisure centre was built (nextdoor) in January 2008 and a separate Post-16 (sixth form) Centre was built in September 2007, when the 11–16 site opened as well. Worksop has also had a new sixth form (and leisure centre) built under the same PFI contract.

Notable former pupils

King Edward VI School

JS Clayden, vocalist for British musical group Pitchshifter, founder of PSI Records^{[citation needed]}

King Edward VI Grammar School

Anthony Barber, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1970 to 1974 and Conservative MP^{[citation needed]}
Wing Commander Edward Barton CBE, electronic engineer and chief signals and radar officer of the RAF Pathfinder Force, helped to develop the Oboe navigation system^[6]^[7]
John Hedley Brooke, historian of science^{[citation needed]}
Dr Michael Clark, Conservative MP^{[citation needed]}
Doc Cox, musician and former television journalist^{[citation needed]}
John Glasby, writer^{[citation needed]}
Sir Stuart Goodwin, industrialist and philanthropist^{[citation needed]}
Dick Herrick, Anglican priest^{[citation needed]}
Philip Jackson, actor
Frank Fairbairn Laming, Anglican priest^{[citation needed]}
Jim McCairns pilot^{[citation needed]}
Samuel Milner, physicist^[8]
Air Marshal Sir Alec Morris KBE, CB, Chief Engineer from 1981 to 1983 of the RAF
John Pater CB, civil servant largely responsible for creating the NHS (England and Wales) in 1948
Ian Robinson, literary critic and English lecturer^{[citation needed]}
John Taylor, publisher, essayist, and writer^{[citation needed]}
Sir Lionel Thompson CBE, Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint from 1950 to 1957
John Warham, photographer^{[citation needed]}
Joe Wright CMG, UK Ambassador from 1975–78 to Ivory Coast, Upper Volta and Niger

Sir Frederick Milner Secondary Modern (to 1979)

Derek Randall, England cricketer^{[citation needed]}
Tim Stockdale, equestrian and show-jumper^[9]

References

^ Ofsted Reports for Retford Oaks. Ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
^ Jann Parry. Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth MacMillan. London: Faber and Faber, 2009, pp. 26, 28.
^ Largely based on the lists and commentary in A D Grounds, A History of King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, 1970
^ [1] A A Kidson in A History of East Retford Church (1905) suggests that Robert Pinchbeck, master of the Grammar School, maintained the parish registers during the 1656-1660 period. So it seems probable that he actually arrived earlier than the suggested 1669 date
^ Pennington Walk. Nottinghamshire.gov.uk (2011-01-05). Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
^ Oboe. Qsl.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.
^ "Wing Commander Edward Barton".
^ Allibone, Thomas Edward (1 February 1960). "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Samuel Roslington Milner". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5. The Royal Society: 128–147. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0012. S2CID 61975445. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
^ Horse and Hound October 2000

External links

News items

[1] Ofsted Reports for Retford Oaks. Ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.

[2] Jann Parry. Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth MacMillan. London: Faber and Faber, 2009, pp. 26, 28.

[3] Largely based on the lists and commentary in A D Grounds, A History of King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, 1970

[4] [1] A A Kidson in A History of East Retford Church (1905) suggests that Robert Pinchbeck, master of the Grammar School, maintained the parish registers during the 1656-1660 period. So it seems probable that he actually arrived earlier than the suggested 1669 date

[5] Pennington Walk. Nottinghamshire.gov.uk (2011-01-05). Retrieved on 2011-09-30.

[6] Oboe. Qsl.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.

[7] "Wing Commander Edward Barton".

[8] Allibone, Thomas Edward (1 February 1960). "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Samuel Roslington Milner". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 5. The Royal Society: 128–147. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1960.0012. S2CID 61975445. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[9] Horse and Hound October 2000

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 ==Ofsted==
-Retford Oaks Academy was last inspected in July 2017, with the overall judgement being that it is a ‘good’ school. The report highlighted the steps that have been taken to ensure a positive, safe and successful learning experience for all students.<ref>[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/133703/(type)/8192/(typename)/Secondary%20education Ofsted Reports for Retford Oaks]. Ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.</ref>
+Retford Oaks Academy was last inspected in may 2022, with the overall judgement being that it is a ‘good’ school. The report highlighted the steps that have been taken to ensure a positive, safe and successful learning experience for all students.<ref>[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_providers/full/(urn)/133703/(type)/8192/(typename)/Secondary%20education Ofsted Reports for Retford Oaks]. Ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.</ref>
 ==History==
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 '''Headmasters of King Edward VI Grammar School<ref>Largely based on the lists and commentary in A D Grounds, A History of King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford, 1970</ref>'''
+* ?1551 Rev. Christopher Say, LL.B., [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]
-?1551 Rev. Christopher Say, LL.B., Jesus College, Cambridge
+* 1588 Rev. George Turvyn (or Turvin), MA, [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
+* ?1605 Rev Thomas Cooper, MA, [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]]
-Rev. George Turvyn, MA, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge ''[or George Turvin]''
+* 1628  Rev. Nicholas Dickons [or Dickens), MA, [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]]
+* 1638 Thomas Stacey, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
-?1605 Rev Thomas Cooper, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
+* 1642 Rev. Thomas Dand, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
+* 1669 Robert Pinchbeck.<ref>[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/kidson1905/kidson7.htm] A A Kidson in ''A History of East Retford Church'' (1905) suggests that Robert Pinchbeck, master of the Grammar School, maintained the parish registers during the 1656-1660 period. So it seems probable that he actually arrived earlier than the suggested 1669 date</ref>
-Rev. Nicholas Dickons, MA, Pembroke College, Cambridge ''[or Nicholas Dickens]''
+* 1670 Henry Boawre (or Boare/Bower), MA, [[St John's College, Cambridge]]
+* 1702 Rev. Thomas Moore, St John's College, Cambridge
+* 1708 Rev. Henry Stevenson
-Thomas Stacey, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
+* 1748 Rev. Seth Ellis Stevenson, MA, [[Peterhouse, Cambridge]]
-Rev. Thomas Dand, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
-Robert Pinchbeck.<ref>[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/kidson1905/kidson7.htm] A A Kidson in ''A History of East Retford Church'' (1905) suggests that Robert Pinchbeck, master of the Grammar School, maintained the parish registers during the 1656-1660 period. So it seems probable that he actually arrived earlier than the suggested 1669 date</ref>
-Henry Boawre, MA, St John's College, Cambridge
-''[or Henry Boare/Henry Bower]''
-Rev. Thomas Moore, St John's College, Cambridge
-Rev. Henry Stevenson
-Rev. Seth Ellis Stevenson, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge
 ''A diary kept by Seth Ellis Stevenson between 1752-55 survives in Wigan Archives. Another diary from 1760-77 is in Nottingham University Library.''
+* 1793 Rev. William Tyre, MA, [[Pembroke College, Oxford]]
-Rev. William Tyre, MA, Pembroke College, Oxford
+* 1801 Rev. William Mould, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge
+* 1838 Rev. William Henry Trentham, MA, St John's College, Cambridge
-Rev. William Mould, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge
-Rev. William Henry Trentham, MA, St John's College, Cambridge
 ''Trentham resigned and died in 1842. From 1842-47 no headmaster was appointed, although the usher, James Holderness, continued to teach a few pupils''
+* 1847 Rev. John Henry Brown, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge (later headmaster of [[Brewood Grammar School]], Staffordshire)
-Rev. John Henry Brown, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge (later
-headmaster of [[Brewood Grammar School]], Staffordshire)
 ''Following Brown's departure, no headmaster was appointed between 1850-57. Henry Clarke Mitchinson, the usher and sole remaining teacher, was acting headmaster, but his alleged harshness in corporal punishment led to various complaints and to an eventual court case.''
+* 1857 Rev. Jonathan Page Clayton, MA, [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]
-Rev. Jonathan Page Clayton, MA, Caius College, Cambridge
+* 1866 Rev. Edward Swinden Sanderson, MA, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
+* 1870 Rev. Frederick Richard Pentreath, MA, DD, [[Worcester College, Oxford]]
-Rev. Edward Swinden Sanderson, MA, Corpus Christi College,
+* 1873 Rev. [[Alfred John Church]], MA, [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]
+* 1880 Rev. Oliver Carter Cockrem, MA, LLD, [[Trinity College Dublin]]
-Cambridge
+* 1886 Rev. Thomas Gough, BSc, FGS, [[London University]]
-Rev. Frederick Richard Pentreath, MA, DD, Worcester College, Oxford
-Rev. [[Alfred John Church]], MA, Lincoln College, Oxford
-Rev. Oliver Carter Cockrem, MA, LLD, Trinity College, Dublin
-Rev. Thomas Gough, BSc, FGS, London University
 ''Gough was formerly headmaster of [[Elmfield College]], York. Historian A D Grounds commented that "he may with justice be called the school's second founder".''
+* 1919 Charles Roland Skrimshire, MA, [[Merton College, Oxford]]
-Charles Roland Skrimshire, MA, Merton College, Oxford
+* 1926 Charles William Pilkington-Rogers, MA, BSc., [[Queens’ College, Cambridge]]
+* 1950 John Charles Havelock Gover, MA, [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]]
+* c1972 Tom Savage
-Charles William Pilkington-Rogers, MA, BSc., Queens’ College,  Cambridge
+* c1978 Michael Allen
-John Charles Havelock Gover, MA, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
-c1972 Tom Savage
-c1978 Michael Allen
 After amalgamating with the Sir Frederick Milner Secondary School in 1979, the new establishment was known simply as the King Edward VI School until the eventual second merger into the Oaks School.
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 ===King Edward VI School===
-* [[JS Clayden]], vocalist for British musical group [[Pitchshifter]], founder of [[PSI Records]]{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[JS Clayden]], vocalist for British musical group [[Pitchshifter]], founder of [[PSI Records]]{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
 ===King Edward VI Grammar School===
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 [[Image:King Edward VI Grammar School - geograph.org.uk - 89528.jpg|thumb|right|Former King Edward VI Grammar School pupil]]
 [[File:Groupe 161 de Tangmere 1943 Lysander 5594.jpg|thumb|right|Jim McCairns (left of picture) at [[RAF Tangmere|Tangmere]] in 1943 with 161 Squadron]]
-* [[Anthony Barber]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] from 1970 to 1974 and Conservative MP{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Anthony Barber]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] from 1970 to 1974 and Conservative MP{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
 * [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] Edward Barton CBE, electronic engineer and chief signals and radar officer of the [[Pathfinder (RAF)|RAF Pathfinder Force]], helped to develop the [[Oboe (navigation)|Oboe]] navigation system<ref>[http://www.qsl.net/pe1ngz/stories/story-oboe-h2s.html Oboe]. Qsl.net. Retrieved on 2011-09-30.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1317473/Wing-Commander-Edward-Barton.html|title = Wing Commander Edward Barton}}</ref>
-* [[John Hedley Brooke]], historian of science{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[John Hedley Brooke]], historian of science{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* Dr [[Michael Clark (British politician)|Michael Clark]], Conservative MP{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* Dr [[Michael Clark (British politician)|Michael Clark]], Conservative MP{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* [[Doc Cox]], musician and former television journalist{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Doc Cox]], musician and former television journalist{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* [[John Glasby]], writer{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[John Glasby]], writer{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* Sir [[Stuart Goodwin]], industrialist and philanthropist{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* Sir [[Stuart Goodwin]], industrialist and philanthropist{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* [[Dick Herrick]], Anglican priest{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Dick Herrick]], Anglican priest{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]], actor
-* [[Frank Fairbairn Laming]], Anglican priest{{cn|date=January 2022}}
-* [[Jim McCairns]] pilot{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Frank Fairbairn Laming]], Anglican priest{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Jim McCairns]] pilot{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* [[Samuel Milner]], physicist<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roybiogmem/5/128|title=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Samuel Roslington Milner|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|publisher=The Royal Society|date=1 February 1960|volume=5|pages=128–147|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1960.0012|access-date=21 January 2022|last1=Allibone|first1=Thomas Edward|s2cid=61975445}}</ref>
+* [[Samuel Milner]], physicist<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://rsbm.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roybiogmem/5/128|title=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Samuel Roslington Milner|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|publisher=The Royal Society|date=1 February 1960|volume=5|pages=128–147|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1960.0012|access-date=21 January 2022|last1=Allibone|first1=Thomas Edward|s2cid=61975445|doi-access=free}}</ref>
 * [[Air Marshal]] Sir Alec Morris [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], Chief Engineer from 1981 to 1983 of the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]]
 * John Pater CB, civil servant largely responsible for creating the [[National Health Service|NHS]] (England and Wales) in 1948
-* [[Ian Robinson (author)|Ian Robinson]], literary critic and English lecturer{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Ian Robinson (author)|Ian Robinson]], literary critic and English lecturer{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
-* [[John Taylor (1781–1864)|John Taylor]], publisher, essayist, and writer{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[John Taylor (1781–1864)|John Taylor]], publisher, essayist, and writer{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
 * Sir Lionel Thompson CBE, Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint from 1950 to 1957
-* [[John Warham]], photographer{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[John Warham]], photographer{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
 * Joe Wright [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the Ivory Coast|UK Ambassador]] from 1975–78 to [[Côte d'Ivoire|Ivory Coast]], [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] and [[Niger]]
 ===Sir Frederick Milner Secondary Modern (to 1979)===
-* [[Derek Randall]], England cricketer{{cn|date=January 2022}}
+* [[Derek Randall]], England cricketer{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
 * [[Tim Stockdale]], equestrian and show-jumper<ref>[https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/showjumping/form-notes-tim-stockdale-37767 Horse and Hound October 2000]</ref>
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 * King Edward VI Grammar School, Retford - London Road
 * [[Retford Post 16 Centre]] – Post 16 centre run in partnership with [[The Elizabethan High School]]
+* [[Listed buildings in Retford]]
 ==References==

v t e Education in Nottinghamshire
Primary schools	Hempshill Hall Primary School The Minster School Nottingham Academy Serlby Park Academy
Secondary schools	Alderman White School All Saints' Catholic Academy Arnold Hill Academy Ashfield School The Becket School Bluecoat Aspley Academy Bluecoat Beechdale Academy Bluecoat Wollaton Academy Bramcote College The Brunts Academy The Bulwell Academy The Carlton Academy Carlton le Willows Academy Chilwell School Christ the King Catholic Academy Colonel Frank Seely Academy Djanogly City Academy The Dukeries Academy East Leake Academy The Elizabethan Academy Ellis Guilford School Farnborough Spencer Academy Fernwood School The Garibaldi School George Spencer Academy Hall Park Academy The Holgate Academy Joseph Whitaker School Kimberley School Magnus Church of England Academy The Manor Academy Meden School The Minster School The National Academy The Newark Academy Nottingham Academy Nottingham Emmanuel School Nottingham Free School Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology The Oakwood Academy Outwood Academy Kirkby Outwood Academy Portland Outwood Academy Valley Park Vale Academy Quarrydale Academy Queen Elizabeth's Academy Redhill Academy Retford Oaks Academy Rushcliffe School Samworth Church Academy Selston High School Serlby Park Academy South Nottinghamshire Academy South Wolds Academy Sutton Community Academy Toot Hill School Trinity School Tuxford Academy The Wells Academy West Bridgford School
Independent schools	Dawn House School Hollygirt School Jamia Al-Hudaa Nottingham High School Nottingham Girls' High School Worksop College
Further education	Bilborough College Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies North Nottinghamshire College Nottingham College Vision West Nottinghamshire College Hucknall Sixth Form Centre
Higher education	University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Law School
Defunct institutions	Al Karam Secondary School Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School Dagfa House School Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College Henry Mellish School Ordsall Hall School Portland School Retford King Edward VI Grammar School Rufford School St John's College, Nottingham Sherwood Academy William Crane Comprehensive School