Yeoman Park Academy

Yeoman Park Academy is a special school for pupils aged 3 to 19 with severe, complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties, all of whom have education, health and care plans. Inspectors found outstanding provision across quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. The school's highly personalised support, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, and skilled staff enable pupils to achieve highly and thrive. Positive relationships, exemplary behaviour and a calm, safe culture are notable strengths.

Strengths

• Highly personalised support enables pupils with complex SEND to achieve well academically and personally.
• The curriculum is ambitious, carefully sequenced and adapted skilfully to individual pupils' needs.
• A strong early reading and communication pathway includes sensory sounds and systematic phonics.
• The personal development package is exceptional and prepares pupils well for adulthood.
• The careers programme, including the sixth-form pathfinders programme, is excellent.
• Pupils' behaviour is exemplary and the school has a calm, safe and purposeful culture.
• Attendance is consistently high, with no suspensions or exclusions.
• Leadership at all levels is extremely strong, with effective governance and trust support.
• Staff benefit from regular training and leaders show care for their workload and wellbeing.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

In 2024–25 pupils at Yeoman Park Academy attended 90.5% of sessions (the national figure for special schools was 87.2%). 22.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 35.3%).

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, 0.0% of pupils at Yeoman Park Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 5.1%). 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 Yeoman Park Academy had 7.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for special schools was 6.6). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.5%).

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 Yeoman Park Academy had 141 pupils, 100.0% of them with an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 99.5%).

It says it provides for: specific learning difficulty; moderate learning difficulty; severe learning difficulty; profound and multiple learning difficulty; social, emotional and mental health; speech, language and communication needs; hearing impairment; vision impairment; multi-sensory impairment; physical disability; autistic spectrum disorder.

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 special school schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Yeoman Park Academy received £31,789 and spent £31,410 for each of its 114 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £22,000 (£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 Mansfield · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

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

• Queen Elizabeth's Academy Mansfield
• Horizons Academy Mansfield
• Wainwright Primary Academy Mansfield
• Redgate Primary Academy Mansfield
• Samuel Barlow Primary Academy Mansfield
• Hillocks Primary Academy Sutton-In-Ashfield
• Thoresby Vale Primary Academy Mansfield
• The Holgate Academy Nottingham
• Tuxford Primary Academy Newark
• Tuxford Academy Newark

What is Yeoman Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Yeoman Park Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Yeoman Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Yeoman Park Academy was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Yeoman Park Academy have?

Yeoman Park Academy has 141 pupils on roll.

What age range does Yeoman Park Academy cover?

Yeoman Park Academy for pupils aged 3 to 19.

What are Yeoman Park Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 0% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Yeoman Park Academy?

Yeoman Park Academy is at Park Hall Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 8PS.