Samuel Barlow Primary Academy | Primary in Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood | Ofsted & DfE

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

263

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

263

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

31%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

263

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 18/01/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNottinghamshire

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.0:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Samuel Barlow Primary Academy · Primary · Nottinghamshire

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

31%

-1pp

41%30%19%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 31%

RWM higher standard

-1pp

4%2%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

41%

Reading higher standard

16%

Writing expected standard

44%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

38%

Maths higher standard

13%

Science expected standard

44%

SPAG expected standard

25%

SPAG higher standard

Reading scaled score

100.0

Maths scaled score

101.0

GPS scaled score

95.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

263

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.0

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

13%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

27%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Church Road, Clipstone, Mansfield, NG21 9DF

Local authority

Nottinghamshire

Website

https://www.samuelbarlowprimary-ac.org.uk

Telephone

01623479033

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	31%	3%	41%	16%	44%	3%	38%	13%	44%	25%	100.0	101.0	95.0	—	—	—	27%	263
2023/24	32%	4%	44%	4%	60%	4%	48%	12%	60%	24%	99.0	100.0	96.0	—	—	—	25%	249
2022/23	41%	0%	52%	3%	69%	0%	59%	0%	90%	66%	101.0	101.0	101.0	-2.20	+0.50	-0.60	27%	263
2018/19	38%	3%	49%	5%	57%	3%	51%	8%	76%	41%	100.0	102.0	99.0	-2.80	-2.10	-2.30	18%	250
2017/18	19%	0%	33%	3%	53%	11%	42%	3%	64%	44%	98.0	99.0	98.0	-6.40	-2.40	-4.70	—	265
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	263	25.5	27%	13%	39%	7%	15%
2023/24	249	20.9	25%	12%	34%	9%	24%
2022/23	263	19.0	27%	6%	39%	10%	30%
2021/22	279	19.9	27%	6%	41%	9%	28%
2020/21	268	25.1	18%	7%	35%	—	—
2018/19	250	17.6	18%	3%	36%	5%	15%
2017/18	—	23.5	—	—	—	5%	15%