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Carlton Digby School

Mixed · ages 4–18 · with sixth formNottinghamshire, East Midlands · Nottingham NG3 6DSSchool website
Pupils on roll
97of 95 places
Free school meals
41.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
8
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 21 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Carlton Digby School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Carlton Digby School’s own sixth form (Nottinghamshire average 36%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Nottinghamshire and England.

Carlton Digby School
Nottinghamshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCarlton Digby SchoolNottinghamshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort88,955607,348
Any sustained destination100%92%92%
Stayed in education100%84%86%
— school sixth form0%36%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college0%42%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%6%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

Bramcote College

Academy converter · sixth form · 816 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.3

Carlton Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,354 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.1

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.