The Joseph Whitaker School

Warsop Lane, Rainworth, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, NG21 0AG

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About this school

The Joseph Whitaker School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire. The school has 1,328 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 12 November 2024. The Headteacher is Carey Ayres. The school is administered by Nottinghamshire local authority. It belongs to EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST. It opened in 1 November 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Carey Ayres

Trust

EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST

Local authority

Nottinghamshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

137628

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Joseph Whitaker School are handled by the school or the local authority (Nottinghamshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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