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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 9 July 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry485 applications · 207 places offered · 224 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2025 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
- 2024 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
- 2022 2.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
- 2021 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.0; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
- 2018 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
- 2017 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Nottinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as The Newark Academy (URN 138872), The Grove School (URN 122864), The Newark High School (URN 131361), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 207 | 485 | 2.3 | 224 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 458 | 2.3 | 230 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 234 | 455 | 1.9 | 222 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 209 | 457 | 2.2 | 272 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2022 | 210 | 446 | 2.1 | 229 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 210 | 391 | 1.9 | 222 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 210 | 409 | 2.0 | 254 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 331 | 1.6 | 230 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 169 | 276 | 1.6 | 169 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 156 | 244 | 1.6 | 154 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 * | 165 | 245 | 1.5 | 126 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 * | 121 | 194 | 1.6 | 105 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 117 | 181 | 1.6 | 106 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 200 | 49.1 | 53% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 45.4 | 47% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 47.7 | 50% | 71% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 180 | 46.5 | 45% | 72% | +0.34 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Newark AcademyThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · NottinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · NottinghamshireGood20242.7applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · NottinghamshireGood202355.5Attainment 8
- 14.0 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20242.6applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 14.7 km · LincolnshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 17.0 km · NottinghamshireGood20222.3applications per place 55.2Attainment 8
- 18.2 km · Lincolnshire20263.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 18.7 km · LincolnshireSpecial measures 20261.5applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144489 · 891/4022
- Trust
- Nova Education Trust
- Capacity
- 1,110 pupils · 1,164 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2016
- Replaced
- The Newark Academy (URN 138872); The Grove School (URN 122864); The Newark High School (URN 131361)
- Address
- London Road, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3AL
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire · Newark and Sherwood
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources