Tuxford Primary Academy

Tuxford Primary Academy is performing well overall and continues to be rated as a good school. The principal, Tracy Blacknell, leads a dedicated team that upholds high expectations for student behavior and achievement. Students exhibit respect, responsibility, and resilience, appreciating the supportive environment. The curriculum is thoughtfully organized and effectively sequenced across most subjects, enabling students to recall learned content and engage positively in their education. However, some minor gaps exist in the clarity of the curriculum for certain foundation subjects, which can affect knowledge retention.

Strengths

• The school has a well-organized and sequenced curriculum.
• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards reading.
• Staff are skilled in supporting pupils with special educational needs.
• Pupils behave well and understand the importance of respect and responsibility.
• The school effectively teaches personal, social, and health education.

Areas for Improvement

• Some curriculum areas do not clearly outline the most important content for pupils.
• Targets for pupils with SEND lack precision regarding short-term milestones.
• The range of extra-curricular activities is limited.
• Some safeguarding records are incomplete.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Tuxford Primary Academy attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Tuxford Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Tuxford Primary Academy had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.6% of pupils at Tuxford Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Tuxford Primary Academy received £7,202 and spent £7,323 for each of its 232 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £45,000 (£193 per pupil).

Across all 14 schools of Diverse Academies Trust, income was £8,591 and spending £8,593 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bassetlaw · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Tuxford Primary Academy is part of Diverse Academies Trust, which runs 16 schools. The nearest others:

• Tuxford Academy Newark
• Thrumpton Primary Academy Retford
• Bracken Lane Primary Academy Retford
• Retford Oaks Academy Retford
• Thoresby Vale Primary Academy Mansfield
• Samuel Barlow Primary Academy Mansfield
• Yeoman Park Academy Mansfield
• Horizons Academy Mansfield
• Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield
• Wainwright Primary Academy Mansfield

What is Tuxford Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tuxford Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Tuxford Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tuxford Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Tuxford Primary Academy have?

Tuxford Primary Academy has 224 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tuxford Primary Academy cover?

Tuxford Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Tuxford Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Tuxford Primary Academy?

Tuxford Primary Academy is at Newark Road, Tuxford, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 0NA.