John Hunt Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Newark, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.922 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John Hunt Academy is a primary school in Newark, Nottinghamshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
John Hunt 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 | 1.922 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 Reception offer went to a child 1.922 miles away, the 119th shortest of 256 Nottinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2020, though it has swung sharply between some years.
- There were 32 first-choice applications for 32 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- London Road, New Balderton, Newark, NG24 3BN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 350 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s 'take care' values sing out from everyone in this school.”
- “Pupils take care of each other and take care of their school.”
- “Pupils value the support they have from adults in the school and from each other.”
To improve
- “However, some of the school's most recently published results do not reflect the quality of the current curriculum.”
- “However, in some other subjects, the school does not consistently evaluate how well pupils build their knowledge over time.”
- “As a result, the school does not always promptly identify areas for improvement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 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) | 45% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 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.
- Chuter Ede Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Sir Donald Bailey Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The King's Church of England Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church C of E Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Mount CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newark Flying High Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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