APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own
North Farm House, Worksop Road, Newark, NG22 9EX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Michaela Ledsham
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 30
- Pupils on roll
- 19
- URN
- 145949
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01623629902
About this school
APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own is an independent special school in Newark. It teaches children aged 5 to 19 and has 19 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2018, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 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 APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 20 |
| 2023/24 | 17 |
| 2024/25 | 17 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 19
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wellow House School4.0 miles
Independent schools
-
Worksop College4.5 miles
Independent schools · Worksop
-
The Tailor Made Programmes Team5.4 miles
Other types · Worksop
-
Whitegates College5.4 miles
Other types · Worksop
-
Yeoman Park Academy6.1 miles
Academies · Mansfield
Other schools in Newark
- 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
- Halam Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own teach?
- APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own teaches children aged 5 to 19. It is a special school in Newark.
- Who is the headteacher of APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own?
- The headteacher of APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own is Ms Michaela Ledsham, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own 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 many pupils are at APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own?
- APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own has 19 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 19.
- Is APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own full?
- APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own has capacity for 30 pupils and 19 on roll (63%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own a faith school?
- No. APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own has no designated religious character.
- What are APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own'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 24 July 2026.