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Dukes Wood School

URN 136039 · NottinghamshireOpen

Inspection history (11)

  1. 30 Jun 2026

    Report card · published 10 Sept 2026

    Safeguarding met
    AchievementExpected
    Attendance and behaviourExpected
    Curriculum and teachingExpected
    InclusionExpected
    Leadership and governanceExpected
    Personal development and wellbeingExpected

    Caroline Poole (lead), Christine Horrocks

  2. 4 Sept 2025

    Independent school inspection · published 17 Oct 2025

    Matthew Fearns-Davies (lead), Kirsty Norbury

  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Independent school inspection · published 29 Apr 2025

    Simon Hollingsworth (lead), Rakesh Patel

  4. 22 Jun 2023

    School inspection (EIF) · published 18 Jul 2023

    Good
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood

    Chris Davies (lead), Imtiaz Patel

  5. 22 Sept 2022

    Independent school inspection · published 14 Nov 2022

    Rachel Tordoff

  6. 9 Dec 2021

    School inspection (EIF) · published 3 May 2022

    Inadequate
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Quality of educationInadequate

    Deborah Mosley (lead), Mandy Wilding

  7. 22 Mar 2019

    School inspection (CIF) · published 1 May 2019

    Good
    Leadership and managementGood
    OutcomesGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Teaching, learning and assessmentGood

    Peter Stonier

  8. 17 Nov 2016

    School inspection (CIF) · published 13 Jan 2017

    Good
    Leadership and managementGood
    OutcomesGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Teaching, learning and assessmentGood

    David Young

  9. 21 May 2014

    Ofsted report · published 16 Jun 2014

    Jeremy Spencer (lead), Joanne Harvey

  10. 10 May 2013

    School inspection (CIF) · published 19 Sept 2013

    Inadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Personal developmentGood

    David Muir (lead), Jacqueline Wordsworth, Linda Killman

  11. 8 Dec 2010

    Independent school inspection · published 12 Jan 2011

Details

URN
136039
Type
Other independent special school
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Region
East Midlands
Address
Main Street, Kirklington, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 8NB
Reports on record
11
Earliest report
8 Dec 2010
Gender
Mixed
Opened
17-12-2009
Region
East Midlands
Status
Open
Boarding
Boarding school
Capacity
60
Age Range
9 - 17
Age range
9 to 17
Telephone
01636817430
Headteacher
Ms Frances Rhodes
Pupils on roll
49
Pupils' gender
Mixed
School capacity
60
Number of pupils
49
Religious character
None

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