Quarrydale Academy

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU

Headteacher · Mr Tim Paling

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 10 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,265Capacity 1,550

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 7 May 2025

TrustQuarrydale Academy

Free school meals39.1%

Inspection on 7 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Nottinghamshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 195 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered196

Applications369

First choice195

First-choice offers195

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).