The Newark Academy

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Newark, Nottinghamshire·NG24 3AL
Composite score
56.8
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#1,640
National rank
#134
In East Midlands
#26
In Nottinghamshire
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
11%
EBacc average points score
3.87

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
85%
224 first choices, 207 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
485
any preference, for 207 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0920221.3020230.9520241.1420251.082026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Nottinghamshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for The Newark Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,145
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
12.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,116
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
180 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
79%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

The Newark Academy at a glance

Located in Newark, Nottinghamshire, The Newark Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,145 pupils aged 11 to 18. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.3 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Newark Academy is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 224 first choices for 207 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.3%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. The Newark Academy 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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