Nottingham Free School

Nottingham Free School is a co-educational free school which serves the areas of Sherwood, Carrington, Mapperley Park, Woodthorpe and Mapperley. The school is located in a former factory—the Courtaulds building—on Haydn Road and first opened in September 2014 with an intake of seventy-nine Year 7 students,^[1][2] a number which has grown to over 600 pupils ranging from Year 7 to Year 13.

Nottingham Free School
Address
Haydn Road Nottingham , Nottinghamshire England
Coordinates	52.9796°N 1.1596°W / 52.9796; -1.1596
Information
Type	Free School
Motto	Work Hard, Be Kind
Religious affiliation(s)	None
Established	2014
Closed	N/A
Local authority	Nottingham
Trust	Nova Education Trust
Department for Education URN	141010 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of Governors	Dr Sally Coulton
Executive Head	Mr Andy Seymour
Head Teacher	Dr Jo Simpson
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	~680
Houses	Potter, Torvill, Clough and Hawksley
Colour(s)	Grey and pale blue
Website	www.nottinghamfreeschool.co.uk

In August 2019, the first group of students to join the school received their GCSE results.^[3]

References

1. "Thumbs-up after first day at Nottingham Free School". Nottingham Post. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
2. "Nottingham's first free school opens in Sherwood". BBC News. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
3. Mitchell, Hannah (22 August 2019). "First year group to get GCSEs at the Nottingham Free School celebrate success". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 4 February 2021.