North Clifton Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

6.565 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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North Clifton Primary School is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

North Clifton 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	6.565 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

The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 6.565 miles, the 25th longest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.20 miles).
For Reception, the 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2024 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 5 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 drew 3 first-choice applications for 3 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 1 of the 6 applications came from families living outside Nottinghamshire.
There were 20 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 9.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.

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: Church Lane, North Clifton, Newark, NG23 7AP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 20 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 0% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 9.3

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 19 May 2026

Strengths

“North Clifton Primary School is a tight-knit community with pupils right at the heart of every decision.”
“Each pupil is known as an individual.”
“Pupils say that they belong here and are accepted for who they are in this small school.”

To improve

“However, fewer pupils reach the higher standard in these tests.”
“Sometimes expectations of pupils’ handwriting are not high enough.”
“Staff do not consistently insist that pupils form letters accurately or routinely address the errors that pupils make.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 3 first-preference applications, 3 offers in total, 3 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.

Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Matthew's CofE Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Queen Eleanor Primary School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Rampton Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
East Markham Primary School 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Tuxford Primary Academy 5.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
John Blow Primary School 6.0 mi Good Last distance published