The Newark Academy
Secondary schoolThe Newark Academy is a secondary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,164 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 5 February 2025
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Newark Academy was 49.1, against 45.3 in Newark and Sherwood and 46.2 in England.
53% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newark and Sherwood | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75.5% | 65.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 200 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Newark Orchard SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, November 2024180 m
- John Hunt AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- Highfields SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file550 m
- Hope House SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file730 m
- Chuter Ede Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
- Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery schoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 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).