The Sir Donald Bailey Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.847 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Sir Donald Bailey Academy is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
The Sir Donald Bailey Academy 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 | 0.847 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 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.847 miles away, the 45th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 48 first-choice applications for 49 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place; the 2026 last distance offered was nearer than in 2025 and 2020.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 59.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 32.9% 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
- Bailey Road, Newark, NG24 4EP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 507 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 59.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Each morning leaders are on hand, at the gate, to welcome the pupils into school.”
- “They take this opportunity to check how pupils are feeling and alleviate any worries that pupils or their parents and carers might have.”
- “Pupils enjoy attending this school.”
To improve
- “In a few foundation subjects, the essential knowledge that pupils need to know is not yet well identified.”
- “Pupils do not always learn this well enough to understand larger concepts or produce high-quality pieces of work.”
- “However, this is not yet the case in all subjects, and some pupils have unidentified gaps in their knowledge as a result.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 August 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) | 75% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 48 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.
- The King's Church of England Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- John Hunt Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church C of E Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chuter Ede Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newark Flying High Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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