Newman Catholic College

Newman Catholic College continues to be recognized as a good school, offering a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils thrive. The school promotes positive relationships among students and staff, fostering a culture of respect and safety. Notably, the school has implemented effective measures for safeguarding, and pupils feel engaged and involved in various activities, including leadership roles and community service. While the college demonstrates strengths in its curriculum across most subjects and provides significant support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), there are concerns related to the ambitiousness and structure of the English curriculum. Frequent assessments help identify and address knowledge gaps among pupils, yet some issues with SEND support strategies need to be further embedded to ensure equitable access to learning for all students. Overall, the college is progressing well, though attention is necessary in specific areas to build on its successes.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a friendly and inclusive environment.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and well-being.
• effective measures for safeguarding pupils.
• Strong curriculum plans in most subjects.
• Opportunities for pupils to contribute positively to the school community.
• Enrichment activities available before and after school.
• Well-structured PSHE curriculum supporting personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• The English curriculum is not as ambitious or clearly sequenced as needed.
• Variable experience of the curriculum for some pupils with SEND due to unembedded support plans.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Newman Catholic College attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 12.3% of pupils at Newman Catholic College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Newman Catholic College had 11.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 6.0% of pupils at Newman Catholic College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Newman Catholic College received £14,350 and spent £13,397 for each of its 582 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £667,000 (-£1,146 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Newman Catholic College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newman Catholic College is Good, from an inspection in October 2022.

When was Newman Catholic College last inspected by Ofsted?

Newman Catholic College was last inspected in October 2022.

How many pupils does Newman Catholic College have?

Newman Catholic College has 582 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newman Catholic College cover?

Newman Catholic College for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Newman Catholic College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 36.0, and 30% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Newman Catholic College?

Newman Catholic College is at Harlesden Road, Brent, London, NW10 3RN.