A new school year is now underway, and whilst National Offer Day may feel like a lifetime away, it was a tense time for many families and unfortunately not all pupils received the school allocation they had wished for.
Using the latest data available on the Department of Education website, we have rounded the toughest secondary schools to get into in Nottingham
Here are the hardest Nottingham secondary schools to get for 2025/26 based on latest data:
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1. Fernwood Primary School
320 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 271 first choice offers were handed out, which is a success rate of 41% | Google Photo: Google
2. Bluecoat Trent Academy
396 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 212 first choice offers were handed out, which is a success rate of 53% | Google Photo: Submitted
3. Bluecoat Aspley Academy
236 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 152 first choice offers were handed out, which is a success rate of 64% | Google
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4. The Nottingham Emmanuel School
151 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 132 first choice offers were handed out, which is a success rate of 64% | Google Photo: Google