Queen Eleanor Primary School

Community school·Primary school Newark, Nottinghamshire·NG23 7EQ
Composite score
69.2
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#1,862
National rank
#124
In East Midlands
#21
In Nottinghamshire
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
4 first choices, 4 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
8
any preference, for 4 places
Applications from another council area
75%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Queen Eleanor Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
73
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,364
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Queen Eleanor Primary School

Queen Eleanor Primary School is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 73 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Queen Eleanor Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 4 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Queen Eleanor Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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