Magnus Church of England Academy
Secondary schoolMagnus Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Newark and Sherwood, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 678 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Magnus Church of England Academy was 40.4, against 45.3 in Newark and Sherwood and 46.2 in England.
36.6% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newark and Sherwood | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 45.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36.6% | 44.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53.4% | 65.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 131 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The King's Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)470 m
- Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery schoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- Highfields SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file770 m
- The Sir Donald Bailey AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Holy Trinity Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Christ Church C of E Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2022. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newark and Sherwood
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).