Barnby Road Academy Primary and Nursery school is a primary academy in Newark, United Kingdom with 585 pupils, part of The Barnby Road Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 7 November 2023. As of 9 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Temporary School Cook (closes 12 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Steven Chamberlain, Headteacher
Trust or group
The Barnby Road Trust
Type
Academy, Primary
Pupils
585 pupils · 51% girls · 26.0% eligible for free school meals · 19.6% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
96 (16.2%) on SEN support · 12 (2.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Position: Temporary School Cook Contract: Fixed-term, 6 months Hours: 22.5 hours per week Actual Salary: £13547 (£26016 Full time) Start Date: As soon as possible Are you…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
62%
4%
2023/24
64%
5%
2022/23
62%
12%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
7 November 2023
Graded inspection
Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
25.3
23.1
–
0
£45,892
2024/25
25.4
23.1
7%
0
£45,501
2023/24
24.4
23.8
0%
0
£37,245
2022/23
23.3
24.4
7%
1
£36,042
2021/22
25.8
22.3
23%
0
£36,125
2020/21
25.3
22.3
8%
0
£36,321
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
23.7
23.6
14%
0
£34,627
2018/19
23.9
23.6
13%
0
£35,473
2017/18
23.9
22.6
8%
0
£34,446
2016/17
23.6
21.5
8%
0
£34,205
2015/16
21.1
23.5
5%
0
£33,370
2014/15
20.8
22.8
5%
0
£34,369
2013/14
17.9
25.0
6%
0
£35,794
2012/13
18.7
22.6
6%
0
£31,672
2011/12
16.7
23.3
6%
0
£31,236
2010/11
15.3
25.1
0%
0
£31,675
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.7%
1.2%
12.5%
0.0%
2024/25
5.3%
1.3%
14.5%
0.6%
2023/24
4.7%
0.9%
11.3%
0.0%
2022/23
5.0%
0.8%
10.9%
0.0%
2021/22
4.4%
0.6%
9.7%
0.4%
2020/21
3.2%
0.3%
6.5%
1.5%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.3%
0.5%
5.6%
0.0%
2017/18
3.7%
0.4%
7.6%
0.2%
2016/17
3.3%
0.2%
5.7%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
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