Newark Flying High Academy, Newark

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Newark Flying High Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School (URN 122595), 55% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 12 families put Newark Flying High Academy as their first choice and 30 named it as one of their preferences, for 12 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Newark Flying High Academy are Mount CofE Primary School (0.3 miles, 41% reading, 24% maths); Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school (0.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 82% maths); Christ Church C of E Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 56% reading, 44% maths); and Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 79% reading, 75% maths).

Newark Flying High Academy is one of 39 schools run by Flying High Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

47.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (38%), Black (14%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 21 pupils (14.4%) received SEN support and 2 (1.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Newark North Gate Rail Station, about 240 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lincoln Street (adjacent), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newark Flying High Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 273 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Newark Flying High Academy issued 1 suspension, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Newark Flying High Academy are Magnus Church of England Academy (0.9 miles) and The Newark Academy (1.5 miles).