SCHOOL PROFILE

Bluecoat Trent Academy: data, trends and context

Bluecoat Trent Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
148548
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Nottingham
Region
East Midlands
Trust
ARCHWAY LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
NG5 1AJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,132
FSM eligible
54.5%
EAL / First language other than English
36.0%
SEND (total)
15.7%
SEN Support
14.0%
EHCP
1.8%
White British
24.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.6%
Overall absence
9.4%
Persistent absence
29.6%
Severe absence
5.0%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
NottinghamLocal authority91.1%8.9%5.1%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 24 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
25.5%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.5%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.45%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Bluecoat Trent Academy is a secondary school in Nottingham. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.