Hartshill Academy
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Hartshill Academy is a converter academy in Nuneaton for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 988 pupils and room for 1,050. About 41 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 10 out of 100. That puts it well below schools like it, ahead of 30% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was requires improvement, back in 2023.
Church Road, Nuneaton, CV10 0NA024 7639 2237hartshillacademy.org.ukMiss Lorraine Taylor headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 January 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Requires improvement overall.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
185 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024† | 2023† | 2022† | 2019† | 2018† | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 185 | 182 | 177 | 193 | 197 | 204 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 41.0 | 36.2 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 38.1 | 37.3 | 50.0 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | -0.70 | -0.69 | -0.58 | -0.78 | -0.53 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 41% | 27% | 27% | 32% | 25% | 23% | 53% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 58% | 51% | 46% | 49% | 48% | 45% | 70% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 3.54 | 3.11 | 2.95 | 3.03 | 3.08 | 2.85 | 4.47 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 20% | 15% | 12% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 43% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 32.8 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 31.1 | 29.0 | 30.7 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 45.1 | 40.5 | 39.9 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 40.2 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 22.0 | 21.0 | 27.0 | 21.4 | 18.7 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 58.0 | 58.6 | 62.3 | 52.1 | 53.4 | – | – |
† These results are for Hartshill Academy, the school this one replaced in December 2023. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Subjects
Results came out for 13 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Subjects that did worse than the England average: French (29% here, 60% across England), Food Preparation & Nutrition (36% here, 52% across England), Art and Design (46% here, 58% across England), History (40% here, 52% across England).
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 184 | 8% | 46% | 64% | 53% | 2,032 of 3,211 |
| English Language | 184 | 10% | 48% | 69% | 54% | 1,972 of 3,210 |
| English Literature | 179 | 10% | 56% | 72% | 58% | 1,577 of 3,202 |
| Combined Science | 170 | 8% | 40% | 55% | 36% | 1,097 of 3,084 |
| Geography | 96 | 19% | 43% | 56% | 51% | 1,916 of 3,116 |
| History | 77 | 14% | 40% | 60% | 52% | 2,228 of 3,126 |
| Art and Design | 69 | 12% | 46% | 73% | 58% | 1,993 of 2,818 |
| French | 48 | 4% | 29% | 44% | 60% | 1,821 of 1,974 |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 22 | 5% | 36% | 77% | 52% | 825 of 1,098 |
| Physical Education | 17 | 6% | 53% | 94% | 56% | – |
| Chemistry | 11 | 64% | 64% | 64% | 81% | – |
| Biology | 11 | 55% | 64% | 64% | 82% | – |
| Physics | 7 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 82% | – |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 64 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up.
The last child to get a place lived 3.5 miles away in 2025. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils, faith and other priority groups are placed first. After that, the closer you live, the better your chances. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2025. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child living 3.5 miles from the school. Living closer than that didn't guarantee a place, but living much further away meant missing out that year.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Moderate learning difficulty (93), Autistic spectrum disorder (70), emotional and mental health (44), language and communications needs (15), Specific learning difficulty (7), Physical disability (5).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 988 | 990 | 998 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 7% | 7% | 5% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 20% | 21% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.6% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 11.4% | 15.1% | 15.8% | 14.7% | 7.8% | 7.7% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 7.3% | 8.2% | 6.9% | 7.9% | 3.9% | 5.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 4.1% | 7.0% | 8.9% | 6.9% | 3.9% | 2.7% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 32.7% | 39.9% | 43.3% | 43.4% | 24.7% | 19.6% | 23.9% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 40.2 | 74.4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 7 | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Hartshill Academy, the school this one replaced in December 2023. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other secondary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton Academy | Academy | 1.9 miles | 977 | Report card 2026 | 34 | Compare |
| St Thomas More Catholic Academy and Sixth Form College | Academy | 2.3 miles | 1,067 | Good 2023 | 51 | Compare |
| The Queen Elizabeth Academy | Academy | 2.4 miles | 746 | Good 2022 | 40 | Compare |
| Higham Lane School | Academy | 2.7 miles | 1,516 | Not inspected | 86 | Compare |
| Etone College | Academy | 2.8 miles | 1,164 | Good 2022 | 66 | Compare |
| Higham Lane North Academy | Free school | 2.8 miles | 154 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| George Eliot Academy | Academy | 3.4 miles | 815 | Report card 2025 | 44 | Compare |
| Nicholas Chamberlaine School | Academy | 4.9 miles | 1,456 | Good 2024 | 19 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares Hartshill Academy with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
Nearby schools with a similar mix of pupils that score higher
Of those 46 schools, these are within 25 km and score at least five points more than Hartshill Academy, nearest first. A school with the same kind of pupils and a higher score is the fairest sign that it gets more out of them.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuneaton Academy | Academy | 1.9 miles | 977 | Report card 2026 | 34 | Compare |
| Park Hall Academy | Academy | 10.5 miles | 1,269 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 10 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 10% of secondary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 7 to 13. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 20% | below | -0.14 | 2025 results; 185 pupils |
| Ofsted inspection | 19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old) | well below | -0.48 | Ofsted grade, 3.6 years old |
| Progress pupils make | 20% | below | -0.11 | Contextualised attainment (no DfE progress measure available); 185 pupils |
| Direction of travel over five years | 0% | no data | – | |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | well below | -0.13 | 2024/25; 1,050 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 10% | below | -0.05 | Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 185 pupils |
| What pupils do next | 0% | no data | – | |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is Hartshill Academy a good school?
The figures are weak. Hartshill Academy scores 10 out of 100. That is well below schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 30% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 7 to 13, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
What is Hartshill Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Hartshill Academy requires improvement at its last full inspection on 24 January 2023.
How good are Hartshill Academy's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 41% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 41.0, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished most of a grade behind children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does Hartshill Academy have?
988 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 1,050 places, so it is 94% full.
Is Hartshill Academy oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2025 the last place went to a child living 3.5 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Hartshill Academy?
Pupils were in school 88.6% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 33% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Hartshill Academy?
The average class had 28.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 32% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Hartshill Academy have a sixth form?
No. Pupils leave after Year 11 for a sixth form elsewhere, a college or an apprenticeship.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Church Road, Nuneaton, CV10 0NA
- Telephone
- 024 7639 2237
- Website
- www.hartshillacademy.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Lorraine Taylor
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- United Learning Trust (98 schools)
- Local authority
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Hartshill
- Constituency
- Nuneaton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 December 2023 (fresh start)
- URN
- 150453 · LAESTAB 9374016 · UKPRN 10094067
- Formerly
- Hartshill Academy
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Warwickshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.