The Newark Academy is a secondary school located in Newark. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 29/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: London Road, Newark, NG24 3AL
Website: www.newarkacademy.co.uk
Telephone: 01636615000
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Nottinghamshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Chris Fisher
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 144489

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1110
Number of Pupils: 1026
Number of Boys: 520
Number of Girls: 506

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.1 Confidence interval -0.33 to 0.13
Of the 127 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 116 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:23%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.73
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
John Hunt Academy
London Road , New Balderton NG24 3BN 		- not rated 455 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Chuter Ede Primary School
Wolfit Avenue , Balderton NG24 3PQ 		4out of 4 971 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school
John Gold Avenue , NG24 1RU 		4out of 4 1,324 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
The Sir Donald Bailey Academy
Bailey Road , NG24 4EP 		3out of 4 1,616 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
The King's Church of England Primary Academy
Holden Crescent , NG24 4HU 		1out of 4 1,728 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Newark Academy
London Road , Balderton NG24 3AL 		1out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Magnus Church of England Academy
Earp Avenue , NG24 4AB 		3out of 4 1,365 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
The Suthers School
Cross Lane , Fernwood NG24 3NH 		- not rated 2,661 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Newark Orchard School
London Road , Balderton NG24 3AL 		3out of 4 199 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Highfields School
London Road , NG24 3AL 		- not rated 599 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Hope House School
Barnby Road , Balderton NG24 3NE 		- not rated 799 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

↑