The Forest View Academy

The Forest View Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspection areas. Pupils enjoy attending the school and exhibit positive behaviour, demonstrating strong relationships with each other and staff. The school fosters a calm and supportive environment, encouraging both academic and personal development through a well-structured and ambitious curriculum in most subjects. There is a strong focus on improving reading, which has yielded positive results for pupils who require extra support. However, there are areas that require further attention, especially in ensuring consistency across all subjects and enhancing the personal development program to better address modern British values.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive relationships with staff and peers.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well thought out in most subjects.
• Staff provide strong support for pupils struggling with reading.
• Pupils engage in a variety of enriching activities outside the classroom.
• The school fosters a supportive environment for pupils with SEND.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the curriculum is not well organized or sequenced.
• Pupils cannot reliably recall key information in certain subjects.
• The personal development program lacks a strong focus on modern British values.
• Leaders need to sharpen their improvement plans and accountability measures.

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 The Forest View Academy attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% 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, 1.9% of pupils at The Forest View 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 The Forest View Academy had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.7% 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, 17.0% of pupils at The Forest View Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 The Forest View Academy received £7,483 and spent £7,226 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £561,000 (£2,725 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Forge Trust, income was £7,103 and spending £7,084 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 Newark · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

The Forest View Academy is part of The Forge Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Maun Infant and Nursery School Newark
• The Parkgate Academy Newark
• The Python Hill Academy Mansfield
• The St Augustine's Academy Worksop
• The West Park Academy Nottingham
• The Sir Donald Bailey Academy Newark
• The Marton Academy Gainsborough

What is The Forest View Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Forest View Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was The Forest View Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Forest View Academy was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does The Forest View Academy have?

The Forest View Academy has 194 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Forest View Academy cover?

The Forest View Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are The Forest View Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Forest View Academy?

The Forest View Academy is at Walesby Lane, New Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9RJ.