Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.581 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery 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	1.581 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 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.581 miles from the school, further than in 2025 and further than in 2020.
That was the 100th shortest of the 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 2.20 miles.
For Reception 2026 there were 67 first-choice applications for 67 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% 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: John Gold Avenue, Newark, NG24 1RU
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 593 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 26% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.1

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 7 November 2023

Strengths

“Pupils love attending this school.”
“Pupils develop these attributes in abundance.”
“Parents and carers hold the school in very high regard.”

To improve

“Sometimes, staff do not ensure that the work provided enables all pupils to learn the intended curriculum and build their ability to complete work independently.”
“In some subjects, pupils are less able to recall what they have learned previously.”
“The school does not yet have as precise a view of the implementation and impact of the curriculum in all subjects and for all groups of pupils as it should.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 December 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)	62%	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: 67 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 67 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.

Mount CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
The King's Church of England Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Newark Flying High Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Christ Church C of E Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
The Sir Donald Bailey Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
John Hunt Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
Chuter Ede Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published