The West Bridgford School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Nottinghamshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Nottinghamshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 331 families put this school as their first choice, and 267 places were offered. 264 of the families who put it first got a place (80%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 30 January 2024. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1809 (capacity 1332)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST

Phone

01159744488

Address

Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7FA

Website

wbs.school

Official school record, including Ofsted reports