Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

8.146 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 5–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Dunham-on-Trent CofE 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	8.146 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

In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 8.146 miles away, the 15th longest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 or 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
It has 12.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Nottinghamshire.
In 2024/25, 40% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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: Laneham Road, Dunham-on-Trent, Newark, NG22 0UL
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 80 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 16.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 12.5

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to be members of this school.”
“They are happy and confident, and they greet visitors eagerly.”
“Pupils value the leadership opportunities on offer, for example being a member of the school council or a leader of collective worship.”

To improve

“However, there are times when pupils’ prior learning is not checked carefully enough.”
“This means that some learning activities do not take account of pupils’ different starting points or resolve gaps in their knowledge.”
“There are also times when learning tasks are not adapted appropriately to meet individual pupil’s needs.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2025 (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)	40%	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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.

North Clifton Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Rampton Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Matthew's CofE Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
East Markham Primary School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Tuxford Primary Academy 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Leverton Church of England Academy 5.0 mi Good Last distance published
Queen Eleanor Primary School 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Sutton-On-Trent Primary and Nursery School 5.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published