The Python Hill Academy
Primary schoolThe Python Hill Academy is a primary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 307 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), January 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 January 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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, 75% of pupils at The Python Hill Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
11% 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 | 75% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- The Joseph Whitaker SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- Lake View Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
- Heathlands Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Blidworth Oaks Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
- Dawn House SchoolSpecial. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade1.9 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).