The Parkgate Academy, Newark
The Parkgate Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in Newark, part of The Forge Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in May 2019. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 18th-highest of the 26 schools in Newark with published results, and 8,234th of 14,452 across England. It was 68% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2019)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Nottinghamshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
The Parkgate Academy in detail
The Parkgate Academy in its own words
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at The Parkgate Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Nottinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 70% in reading and 68% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at The Parkgate Academy
For September 2026 entry, 43 families put The Parkgate Academy as their first choice and 85 named it as one of their preferences, for 43 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to The Parkgate Academy are St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (0.3 miles, Good, 70% reading, 87% maths); The Forest View Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 84% reading, 78% maths); Maun Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles); and Walesby CofE Primary School (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, 67% reading, 75% maths).
The Parkgate Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolThe Forest View AcademyMaun Infant and Nursery SchoolWalesby CofE Primary School
The trust
The Parkgate Academy is one of 8 schools run by The Forge Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
24 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Parkgate Academy (as of September 2025): 100% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 86% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (86%).
Who goes there
38.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 5.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
In 2026, 40 pupils (12.1%) received SEN support and 7 (2.1%) 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.
Staffing
The Parkgate Academy had 20 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of The Parkgate Academy.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Alder Grove (opposite), 50 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, The Parkgate Academy issued 2 suspensions, 0.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from May 2019, 7 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
The Parkgate Academy creates a welcoming environment where every child is encouraged to be the best version of themselves. Teachers provide excellent support with learning and emotional wellbeing, and the school carefully plans activities that broaden horizons and build aspiration. Children develop mature understanding of equality and diversity whilst enjoying a well-structured curriculum taught with enthusiasm.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading with phonics teaching and carefully matched reading books that boost fluency and confidence
- Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum with emphasis on subject-specific vocabulary and pupil engagement
- Excellent personal development programme that promotes aspiration, equality and respect for diversity
- Warm, nurturing early years provision with good transition to key stage 1
- Proactive support for pupils with SEND, including school's own speech and language therapist
Areas for Improvement
- Inconsistent quality of teaching in some subjects means pupils do not always learn and remember essential knowledge
- Too many pupils remain persistently absent from school, affecting their progress
- Monitoring systems do not always lead to actions to remove teaching inconsistencies
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective with strong focus on creating a safe climate for learning and protecting pupils' wellbeing.
Extracurricular Activities
Junior town councillor roles, pupil voting ballots on school decisions, community library activities, outdoor learning exploration
The Parkgate Academy is a caring and ambitious school where pupils achieve well and are made to feel welcome. The school has maintained the good standards from its previous inspection.
At a Glance
38.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
24 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 72% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 68% to 78% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 76% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
20.7
Avg class size
18.3
Infant (KS1)
20.8
KS2
15
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with The Parkgate Academy
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near The Parkgate Academy.
- S4K Camp - St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School440m away · Not yet graded
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to The Parkgate Academy, with their latest published grades:
- Play Days Cottage LTD - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted report card, 10 June 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
- Ashbourne Day Nurseries at New Ollerton - Day nursery, 0.6 milesOfsted, 17 March 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Little Adventurers Forest School (Walesby) Ltd - Pre-school, 1.2 milesOfsted, 14 October 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- New Beginnings Nursery - Day nursery, 1.8 milesOfsted report card, 19 November 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 areas; safeguarding standards met
Term dates
The Parkgate Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Nottinghamshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to The Parkgate Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. The Parkgate Academy is in Nottinghamshire; for families living there:
- Nottinghamshire's school travel policy: Under 16 Transport Policy 2026-2027
- How to apply: Apply for under 16 travel assistance
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 4
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at The Parkgate Academy
Will you get a place at The Parkgate Academy?
For 2026 entry it had 43 first choices for 43 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
68%
Available places
300 pupils
439 places
139 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Across Nottinghamshire council
Places available
10,513
Applications
7,912
Got 1st preference
99.1%
Got preferred school
99.7%
All primary applications across Nottinghamshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the Ollerton Primary planning area (Nottinghamshire) will have 265 spare primary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
Inspection History(2)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
40
SEN Support
7
EHC Plans
14.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
331
Total Pupils
190
Boys
141
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
20
Teachers
16.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£46,885
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,777
Per pupil
£2267k
Total funding
£188k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.6%
Overall absence
20.9%
Persistent absence
263
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
The Parkgate Academy
Questions parents ask about The Parkgate Academy
What are SATs results like at The Parkgate Academy?
Of the pupils at The Parkgate Academy who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 72% reached the expected standard in reading and 78% did so in maths.
What is The Parkgate Academy's Ofsted rating?
The Parkgate Academy's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded. At its last graded inspection, in May 2019, it was rated Good.
Is it hard to get a place at The Parkgate Academy?
The Parkgate Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 68% of its 439 places.
How big are the classes at The Parkgate Academy?
Classes at The Parkgate Academy average 20.7 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils.
How many pupils go to The Parkgate Academy?
The Parkgate Academy has around 331 pupils on roll. 38% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at The Parkgate Academy?
6.6% of sessions were missed at The Parkgate Academy in 2024/25. 20.9% of pupils were persistently absent.
Does The Parkgate Academy have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of The Parkgate Academy: S4K Camp - St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School (440m away, registered, not yet graded).
How many road collisions happen near The Parkgate Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 4 serious and 9 slight. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Nottinghamshire is 10 (the median across 370 schools, same distance and years).
Where is The Parkgate Academy?
The Parkgate Academy is at Whinney Lane, New Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9TH.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)