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St Giles School

Mixed · ages 3–18 · with sixth formNottinghamshire, East Midlands · Retford DN22 7NJSchool website
Pupils on roll
241of 250 places
Free school meals
47.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
14
Ofsted
Improved significantly, 18 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 10 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Giles School in 2023, 0% stayed on in St Giles School’s own sixth form (Nottinghamshire average 36%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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.

St Giles School
Nottinghamshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSt Giles SchoolNottinghamshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort108,955607,348
Any sustained destination90%92%92%
Stayed in education90%84%86%
— school sixth form0%36%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college0%42%37%
— other education90%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%5%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination10%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.