# The Sir Donald Bailey Academy

The Sir Donald Bailey Academy is a primary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 507 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E141760. [Newark and Sherwood](https://openindex.co.uk/newark-and-sherwood)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 507
- Council: Newark and Sherwood
- URN: 141760

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, June 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 21 June 2023
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 2024/25, 75% of pupils at The Sir Donald Bailey Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Nottinghamshire and 62% in England.
0% 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 | 0% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 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

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

- [The King's Church of England Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-kings-church-of-england-primary-academy-e143825): 690 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Magnus Church of England Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/magnus-church-of-england-academy-e140549): 950 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 40.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-trinity-catholic-voluntary-academy-e140727): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2024. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Highfields School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-school-e122907): 1.3 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Newark Orchard School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newark-orchard-school-e152254): 1.4 km. Special. Standards maintained, November 2024
- [John Hunt Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/john-hunt-academy-e148284): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), May 2024. 45% 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/141760)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/141760)

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