# The Newark Academy

The 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.

Secondary school. Code E144489. [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy sponsor led
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,164
- Council: Newark and Sherwood
- URN: 144489

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 5 February 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Newark Orchard School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newark-orchard-school-e152254): 180 m. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [John Hunt Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-hunt-academy-e148284): 420 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Highfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-school-e122907): 550 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Hope House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hope-house-school-e135393): 730 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Chuter Ede Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/chuter-ede-primary-school-e122612): 890 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barnby-road-academy-primary-and-nursery-school-e136274): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), November 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144489)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144489)

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