Sparken Hill Academy

State-Funded School

sparken-hill-academy-nottinghamshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

BassetlawConstituency

S80 1AWPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sparken Hill Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 556 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 49%
Higher standard: 1%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

556

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

42%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 556
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 3 March 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Jan 2011	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.