Secondary
The Suthers School
Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, NG24 3NH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 684 of 830 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Trust
- NOVA EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 36.8
- Pupils per adult
- 15.3
- Pupils
- 564
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
52%
16 points above the Newark average (36% across 5 schools)
46.4
4.7 above the Newark average (41.7 across 5 schools)
2nd of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Newark we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.97 |
| Entered the EBacc | 21% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.03 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | -0.20 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.3 |
| 22/23 | 41.7 |
| 23/24 | 41.4 |
| 24/25 | 46.4 |
Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, NG24 3NH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Nottinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Nicola Watkin
- Address
- Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, NG24 3NH
- Telephone
- 01636957690