Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School
Warburton Street, Newark, NG24 1LT
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Jenny Hodgkinson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 205
- Pupils on roll
- 148
- URN
- 122595
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
About this school
Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School was a community primary school in Newark. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 148 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 23 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 39% | 41% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 70% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 48% | 61% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 70% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 41% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 166 |
| 2023/24 | 148 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 12% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41% | 6.4% | 38.8% | 148 | — |
| Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School | — | 5% | 32.6% | 146 | 0.0 miles |
| Mount CofE Primary School | 24% | 13.9% | 38% | 195 | 0.3 miles |
| Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school | 62% | 5.1% | 30% | 593 | 0.7 miles |
| Christ Church C of E Primary School | 31% | 6.9% | 33.5% | 213 | 0.8 miles |
| Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy | 63% | 6.5% | 26.9% | 195 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.8%
- English as an additional language
- 46.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 20.9%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School0.0 miles
Primary · Newark
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Mount CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Newark
-
Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school0.7 miles
Primary · Newark
-
Christ Church C of E Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Newark-on-Trent
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Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Newark
Other schools in Newark
- All Saints Anglican/Methodist Primary School Primary
- Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school Primary
- Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy Primary
- Bishop Alexander L.E.A.D. Academy Primary
- Caunton Dean Hole CofE Primary School Primary
- Chuter Ede Primary School Primary
- Coddington CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Dunham-on-Trent CofE Primary School Primary
- East Markham Primary School Primary
- Flintham Primary School Primary
- Halam Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Newark.
- Has Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School?
- Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School had 148 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 41% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2024.