Newark Orchard School
London Road, Balderton, Newark, NG24 3AL
This school is closed (it closed in January 2026).
It was replaced by Newark Orchard School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Matt Joyce
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Newark
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 170
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 130996
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
About this school
Newark Orchard School was a community special school in Newark. It taught children aged 3 to 18 and had 177 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Newark Orchard School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 1996, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -12.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -10.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -10.90 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Newark Orchard 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 | 0% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 59.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 61.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 161 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 169 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.09%
- Persistent absence
- 30.34%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newark Orchard School0.0 miles
Academies · Newark
-
Highfields School0.2 miles
Independent schools · Newark
-
Hope House School0.5 miles
Special schools · Nottinghamshire
-
Witham Prospect School5.7 miles
Special schools · Lincolnshire
-
Broughton House College6.4 miles
Other types · Lincoln
Other schools in Newark
- APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own Special schools
- Newark Orchard School Academies
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Newark Orchard School teach?
- Newark Orchard School taught children aged 3 to 18. It was a special school in Newark.
- Has Newark Orchard School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Newark Orchard 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 Newark Orchard School?
- Newark Orchard School had 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 18.
- How have Newark Orchard School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Newark Orchard School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Newark Orchard 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 30 June 2026.