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Halam Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 61 pupils Newark
Ofsted: Good
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Halam Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Newark for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 61 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Halam Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2017 of its predecessor, Halam CofE Primary School. In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address The Turnpike
Halam
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG22 8AE
Phone 01636813062
Reference Number 145646

General Makeup

Number of pupils 61
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.54%
Girls: 52.46%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 4.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 20.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 19

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 2 6 8
2 4 5 9
3 4 5 9
4 7 6 13
5 7 4 11
6 3 2 5

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.4%
White, Other 3.3%
Chinese 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Halam CofE Primary School, inspected in October 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 21 Feb 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
21 Feb 2024 School inspection
08 Jul 2020 Academy conversion letter
31 Oct 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Halam CofE Primary School
31 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
23 Feb 2009 Curriculum and development visit
09 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
23 Feb 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 77%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 23%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 111
Maths 111

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.6
Writing -2.2
Maths 1.6

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 18 0
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Halam Church of England Primary School had 62 pupils for 106 places. 44 places (41.5%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Southwell Primary” planning area

Nottinghamshire counted 90 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 86 in 2029–30, down 4%.

20212022202320242025
Places 105105106106106
Pupils 8483787362
Unfilled 20.0%21.0%26.4%31.1%41.5%

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 Halam Church of England Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.2%4.2%3.6%4.0%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%1.7%1.1%1.3%1.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Halam Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 00000

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 Halam Church of England Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 35.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.912.312.713.210.99.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%10.0%0.0%18.8%22.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%33.3%28.6%33.3%20.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.50.81.63.20.2–

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, 9.8% of pupils at Halam Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Social, emotional and mental health 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0

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 Halam Church of England Primary School received £9,100 and spent £8,363 for each of its 63 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £96,000 (£1,531 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Minster Trust for Education, income was £6,755 and spending £6,850 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £101,000£90,000£109,000£97,000£96,000
per pupil £1,174£1,064£1,479£1,345£1,531
In-year balance £15,000£8,000£35,000-£16,000£46,000
per pupil £177£94£468-£220£737

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.

Name Distance
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Queen Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0AA
1.28 miles
Lowe's Wong Anglican Methodist Junior School
Queen Street, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0AA
1.28 miles
Holy Trinity CofE Infant School
Westgate, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0LD
1.31 miles
Kirklington Primary School
School Lane, Kirklington, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8NG
1.79 miles
Farnsfield St Michael's Church of England Primary School
Branston Avenue, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8JZ
2.32 miles
Bleasby Church of England Primary School
Station Road, Bleasby, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG14 7GD
3.54 miles
Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy
Crompton Road, Bilsthorpe, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8PS
4.24 miles
Salterford House School
Salterford Lane, Nottingham, NG14 6NZ
4.61 miles
Lowdham CofE Primary School
Main Street, Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG14 7BE
4.97 miles
Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School
Flatts Lane, Calverton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG14 6JZ
4.97 miles
Name Distance
The Minster School
Nottingham Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0LG
1.52 miles
Dukes Wood School
Main Street, Kirklington, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8NB
2.16 miles

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

Halam Church of England Primary School is part of Minster Trust for Education, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

What is Halam Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Halam Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2017 of its predecessor, Halam CofE Primary School.

When was Halam Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Halam Church of England Primary School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Halam Church of England Primary School have?

Halam Church of England Primary School has 61 pupils on roll.

What age range does Halam Church of England Primary School cover?

Halam Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Halam Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Halam Church of England Primary School?

Halam Church of England Primary School is at The Turnpike, Halam, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8AE.

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