Newton-le-Willows Primary School

Newton-le-Willows Primary School demonstrates a strong standard of education, with leaders effectively improving pupil attendance and cultivating a safe environment where students feel supported. There has been notable progress in reading, writing, and mathematics, where students typically achieve in line with national averages. However, the performance across the wider curriculum reveals gaps in knowledge, especially affecting disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). This inconsistency poses challenges in preparing all pupils adequately for their future educational stages.

Strengths

• Pupils' attendance has significantly improved and is close to national averages.
• Leaders foster a culture of safeguarding, ensuring pupils feel safe and supported.
• Behaviour among pupils is calm and orderly, with clear expectations set by leaders.
• There is a focus on developing relationships between staff, pupils, and families.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement is uneven across subjects, particularly in the wider curriculum.
• Teaching quality and curriculum design needs attention, leading to inconsistent knowledge building.
• The early years provision is not consistently meeting children's preparation needs for key stage 1.
• There are gaps in support for pupils with SEND, resulting in slower progress.

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 Newton-le-Willows Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 1.7% of pupils at Newton-le-Willows Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 2 pupils were 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 Newton-le-Willows Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 13.7% of pupils at Newton-le-Willows Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Newton-le-Willows Primary School received £7,195 and spent £7,064 for each of its 556 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £273,000 (£492 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 Newton-le-Willows Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newton-le-Willows Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Newton-le-Willows Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newton-le-Willows Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Newton-le-Willows Primary School have?

Newton-le-Willows Primary School has 563 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newton-le-Willows Primary School cover?

Newton-le-Willows Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Newton-le-Willows Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Newton-le-Willows Primary School?

Newton-le-Willows Primary School is at Sanderling Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 9UF.