Chilwell School

What Chilwell School does

Chilwell School is a state-funded secondary school and sixth form located on Queens Road West in Beeston, Nottingham (NG9 5AL), United Kingdom, serving students aged 11 to 18 across Years 7 to 13. It operates a dedicated sixth form facility branded as Lakeview Sixth Form, which delivers two-year A-Level programmes across ten subject areas, with students typically studying three A-Levels alongside options such as the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), Core Maths, GCSE resits, and PSHCE. The school serves both internal Chilwell students progressing from Year 11 and external applicants via a Google Forms application followed by an interview.

The school's core technology stack is built on Google Workspace for Education, including Google Classroom for lesson and homework delivery, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and Drive for productivity, and a 1:1 Chromebook programme in which every Year 12 student receives a school-managed device for use across the two-year course, with an optional £30 ownership transfer. Supporting platforms include Arbor (parent and student information system), Class Charts (attendance), IPAY Impact (payments), UNIFROG (careers), and Confide (safeguarding reporting), with CEOP integrated for online safety concerns. The school has its own dedicated sixth form building (Lakeview) with three science laboratories, a media suite, quiet study areas, a common room with attached kitchen, and a courtyard.

Chilwell School operates as a non-commercial public institution with no tuition fees and no disclosed commercial revenue. Its revenue model is government per-pupil funding, supplemented by limited optional student payments such as a £30 Chromebook deposit (refundable or applicable to ownership purchase) and a 16 to 19 Bursary Fund of up to £1,200 per academic year for eligible disadvantaged students. The school is led by Head Teacher Sarah York, with Andy Palmer as Chair of Governors, Sarah Baxter-Williams as Deputy Head, and Jason Nichols as Head of Sixth Form. It is currently planning a major Department for Education-backed site rebuild expected within approximately three years, intended to enable the school to grow capacity and serve more students from the local Chilwell and Beeston community.

Name

Chilwell School

Legal name

Chilwell School

Website

https://chilwellschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chilwell School is a state-funded secondary school and sixth form in Beeston, Nottingham, delivering GCSE and A-Level education to students aged 11–18 across its Lakeview Sixth Form facility. It operates without tuition fees, funded by government grants, and serves its local community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chilwell, Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. State-Funded Education: Chilwell School is a state-funded secondary school and sixth form. As a public educational institution, it receives government funding based on student enrollment. No tuition fees are charged to students. The school generates no commercial revenue in the traditional sense.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Chilwell School is a state-funded secondary school and sixth form in Beeston, Nottingham, UK. It delivers Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 (GCSE) education for students aged 11-16 and A-Level programmes (branded as Lakeview Sixth Form) for students aged 16-18, supported by pastoral care, careers guidance, enrichment activities, and a 1:1 Chromebook programme.

Product overview

Chilwell School operates as a secondary school and sixth form with its dedicated sixth form provision branded as Lakeview Sixth Form. The core educational offering consists of two-year A Level courses across ten subject areas, where students typically study three A Levels. The school provides a unified platform with supporting modules including a Chromebook programme (where all students receive a managed device with Google Workspace), an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), comprehensive careers guidance through UNIFROG, mental health and wellbeing support, extra-curricular enrichment activities, and a 16-19 Bursary Fund for financial support. The Lakeview building serves as a dedicated sixth form facility with specific classrooms, science laboratories, a media suite, common room, and quiet study areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lakeview Sixth Form
• A-Level Curriculum Comprehensive two-year A-Level courses across ten subject areas: Computer Science, Creative Technologies, English and Media, Humanities, Languages and Business, Mathematics, Performing Arts and PE, PSHE, Science, and Social Sciences.
• Chromebook Programme All sixth form students receive a school-managed Chromebook with Google Workspace for Education for use at school and home, with optional ownership transfer at end of course.
• Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) Free-standing AS qualification worth up to 28 UCAS points where students research and produce a project in a field of interest, developing planning, research, and project management skills.
• Extra-Curricular and Enrichment Programme Wide range of enrichment activities including Debating Club, Duke of Edinburgh (Gold Award), Mentoring, School Trips, Voluntary Work, Young Enterprise, and student leadership opportunities.
• Careers Guidance and Progression Support Comprehensive careers programme including UNIFROG careers platform access, independent careers advisor, UCAS application support, university visits, guest speakers, and a dedicated Oxbridge support programme.
• 16-19 Bursary Fund Financial support of up to £1,200 per academic year for eligible students, designed to help disadvantaged pupils pay for educational costs including clothes, books, equipment, transport, and meals.
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Dedicated wellbeing support including stress management speakers, daily tutor meetings, termly 1-1 interviews, access to school counsellor, and signposting to appropriate agencies.
• Secondary School Education (Years 7-11) State-funded secondary education covering Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9) and Key Stage 4 (GCSE, Years 10-11) with specialist subjects, pastoral support, SEND provision, safeguarding services, and extracurricular activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 0% of students Not in Education or Training (NEET) vs 7% nationally
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UNIFROGcoreTechnology or IntegrationUNIFROG is an award-winning careers platform used by Chilwell School sixth form students. It helps students make intelligent choices about their future careers and allows teachers to track student progress throughout their sixth form journey. Access is provided as part of the school's careers programme.
• UCAScoreTechnology or IntegrationUCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) is the central body through which students apply to UK higher education. Chilwell Sixth Form supports students through the full UCAS application process including personal statement writing, university selection, and submission.
• University of Nottingham - School of ChemistryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerYear 13 students participated in a Spectrometry Workshop at the University of Nottingham School of Chemistry. Students attended a lecture by Professor Woodward on NMR, toured university facilities, and conducted practical IR spectroscopy work on aspirin they synthesised in class. Two samples were submitted for NMR analysis.
• CODA EducationminorOthersCODA Education built and maintains the school website and policy hub. The website accessibility statement notes that testing was carried out by CODA Education.
• PAPYRUS Prevention of Young SuicideminorOthersChilwell School Year 11 students raised awareness for PAPYRUS, a charity focused on the prevention of young suicide. Students promoted charity wristbands available from the main office, with proceeds donated directly to the charity.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenwood Academies Trust: Multi-academy trust running multiple secondary and primary schools across the East Midlands including Nottingham. Comparable in terms of operating scale and serves as a benchmark for trust-level governance, funding aggregation, and curriculum delivery models.
• Nova Education Trust: Multi-academy trust operating several secondary schools in the Nottinghamshire region. Relevant as a potential structural peer if Chilwell were to academise, and as a competing institutional model that benefits from shared back-office scale.

Direct peers

• Trinity Catholic School: Faith-based secondary school and sixth form in Nottingham offering a comparable academic sixth form product and competing for the same Catholic and non-faith applicant pool in the Nottingham area.
• Alderman White School: Secondary school located in Bramcote within the Broxtowe borough, directly bordering Chilwell's catchment. It draws on a near-identical demographic and competes for the same Year 7 and sixth form applicants.
• Rushcliffe School: Secondary school and sixth form in the Rushcliffe area south of Nottingham, serving a similar commuter-belt demographic and offering comparable A-Level and progression support.
• West Bridgford School: Larger Nottinghamshire comprehensive with a well-established sixth form in West Bridgford, sharing the same state-funded model and competing for high-attaining applicants from across the Nottingham area.
• Fernwood School: Secondary school and sixth form in Wollaton, Nottingham, competing with Chilwell for both Year 7 and sixth form applicants and operating a broadly equivalent state-funded, digitally-equipped model.
• George Spencer Academy: Secondary school and sixth form located in Stapleford, immediately adjacent to Chilwell in the Broxtowe borough. Comparable state-funded model, similar demographic catchment, and overlapping sixth form provision make it the closest geographic peer.
• Nottingham Free School: State-funded secondary school in Nottingham with a sixth form offer, competing for the same high-attaining city applicants and sharing a similar outcomes-focused value proposition.
• The Becket School: Catholic voluntary-aided secondary school and sixth form in Nottingham, sharing a comparable A-Level-led sixth form offer, similar pastoral and Oxbridge-style progression focus, and competing for the same Nottingham-city and county applicants.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ChilwellschoolNG9
• Instagraminstagram.com/chilwellschool_lakeview
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chilwell-school

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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