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Newark Flying High Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Warburton Street, Newark NG24 1LT · newarkfha.co.uk · 01636 683353
On the mapSearch near NG24 1LT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
- Key stage 2, 2018/19
- 59%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Nottinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 146
- 71% of 205 places
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 33.8%
- First language not English
- 47.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Flying High Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Nottinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2018/19, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| n/a | 62% | ||
| n/a | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| n/a | 106 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
| n/a | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 122595)
Ofsted
Newark Flying High Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 25 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 25 Apr 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122595)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122595), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122595)
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122595)
Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122595)
Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122595)