John Blow Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.201 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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John Blow Primary School is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 29 March 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

John Blow Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	1.201 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2019	🔒 With a pass

And 1 earlier figure.

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Reception 2026's last offer went to a child 1.201 miles away; across 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 7 years with a published distance.
In 2026 there were 22 first-choice applications for 22 Reception offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Snowdon Road, Collingham, Newark, NG23 7PT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 192 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 29 March 2023

Strengths

“Pupils show positive attitudes in this school.”
“Leaders have high expectations for behaviour.”
“They have identified school values to support the school’s motto ‘be the best you can be’.”

To improve

“In some subjects, however, the curriculum does not yet contain enough detail.”
“In some other subjects, teachers do not always present new knowledge in the planned order.”
“When this happens, pupils cannot always make meaningful links between what they are currently learning and what has gone before.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	70%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Nottinghamshire.

Muskham Primary School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Winthorpe Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Norwell CofE Primary School 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy 4.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Coddington CofE Primary and Nursery School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Newark Flying High Academy 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Mount CofE Primary School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published