Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.533 miles

Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 4 July 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Bilsthorpe Flying High 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	1.533 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 last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.533 miles away, the 96th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
Reception last distances here have swung sharply between years; the 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
Reception 2026 had 30 first-choice applications for 31 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
37.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 24.7% 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: Crompton Road, Bilsthorpe, Newark, NG22 8PS
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Nottinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 214 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 37.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.8

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024

Strengths

“Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy is an inclusive and caring school.”
“It has high aspirations for all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, to achieve the best possible outcomes.”
“They regard the school as a supportive oasis where they can talk to any of the adults and voice any concerns or worries they may have.”

To improve

“In a small number of subjects, pupils’ depth of knowledge is not secure.”
“They can remember facts, but they struggle to recall the skills linked to the subject, for example how to work scientifically in science.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2024 (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)	59%	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: 30 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 30 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.

Farnsfield St Michael's Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Kirklington Primary School 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Python Hill Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
Samuel Barlow Primary Academy 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
King Edwin Primary and Nursery School 4.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Lake View Primary and Nursery School 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Halam Church of England Primary School 4.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Thoresby Vale Primary Academy 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade