Sparken Hill Academy, Worksop

From the headteacher's welcome: "Sparken Hill Academy is a stand-alone, primary academy in Worksop, with approx. 515 children on roll. We are previously a BECTA winning school for our use of ICT and attained the Naace 3rd Millennium Learning Award for school-wide embedding of Learning Technologies."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cricket, tennis, athletics, basketball, badminton, karate, dance and drama.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am, from £3.00 per day.

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils at Sparken Hill Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Nottinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 62% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 57 families put Sparken Hill Academy as their first choice and 116 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 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 Sparken Hill Academy are Holy Family Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, 74% reading, 68% maths); Worksop Priory Church of England Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 77% maths); St Anne's CofE (Aided) Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 100% maths); and St Anne's CofE Primary School (0.8 miles).

Sparken Hill Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Sparken Hill Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

41.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 106 pupils (19.1%) received SEN support and 15 (2.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Worksop Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sparken Hill Academy (opposite), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Sparken Hill Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 218 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Nottinghamshire (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Sparken Hill Academy issued 4 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Sparken Hill Academy are Outwood Academy Portland (under 0.1 miles) and Outwood Academy Valley (1.7 miles).