Editing Nottinghamshire (section)

===Secondary education===
The county has [[Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] secondary education with 47 state [[Secondary school#England and Wales|secondary schools]], as well as 10 [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]]. The City of Nottingham [[local education authority]] (LEA) has 18 state schools and six independent schools, not including [[sixth form college]]s.

A total of 9,700 pupils took [[GCSE]]s in the Nottinghamshire LEA in 2007. The best results were from the [[West Bridgford School]], closely followed by [[Rushcliffe School|Rushcliffe Spencer Academy]] and the Minster School in [[Southwell, Nottinghamshire|Southwell]]. In Nottingham, the best results came from the [[Trinity School (Nottingham)|Trinity Catholic School]] and the Fernwood School in [[Wollaton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=These are the best 10 secondary schools in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/best-10-secondary-schools-nottingham-4310242 |access-date=19 April 2023 |work=Nottingham Post |date=9 July 2020}}</ref>

At [[A-level]], the highest performing institution was [[The Becket School]], followed by the West Bridgford School. Some of Nottingham city best results tend to come from [[Nottingham High School]], closely followed by the all-female [[Nottingham High School for Girls]], both of which are privately run.

[[Worksop College]] is another private school near to [[Worksop]].