Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school
Primary schoolBarnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school is a primary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 593 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), November 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 62% of pupils at Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Nottinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Magnus Church of England AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)640 m
- Highfields SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file670 m
- Newark Orchard SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, November 20241 km
- Mount CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 24% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- The King's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Newark Flying High AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newark and Sherwood
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).