UK Schools
Magnus Church of England Academy
Magnus Church of England Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Newark, Nottinghamshire County Council, teaching 678 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 35.7 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 23 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Magnus Church of England Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Magnus Church of England Academy.
- 1–2 Inset Days - school closed
- 3 School reopens - all students
- 20–31 Autumn Half Term
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 5 Inset Day - school closed
- 6 School reopens - all students
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 End of Spring Term
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 13 School reopens - all students
- 4 Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 23 End of Summer Term
- 24 Vired Inset Days - school closed
- 28–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Days - school closed September 1 - September 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School reopens - all students September 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term October 20 - October 31, 2025 Holiday
- End of Autumn Term December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day - school closed January 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School reopens - all students January 6, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term February 16 - February 20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term March 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday March 30 - April 10, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens - all students April 13, 2026 Event
- Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term July 23, 2026 Term
- Vired Inset Days - school closed July 24 & July 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday July 28 - August 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Magnus Church of England Academy with Nottinghamshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 35.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 23.14 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
Attendance 27.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 83% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Nottinghamshire County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Magnus Church of England Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Magnus Church of England Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.