Newlaithes Infant School

Newlaithes Infant School provides a good quality of education, with pupils demonstrating happiness, safety, and eagerness to learn. The staff cultivate a nurturing environment where children quickly settle and become independent learners, benefiting from engaging activities that promote their development. Pupils are well-prepared for their next educational stages, particularly through effective early years provision and a well-structured curriculum that addresses the needs of diverse learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, the school maintains strong community ties and emphasizes pupil participation in local events.

Strengths

• Pupils are well-mannered, courteous, and respectful.
• High expectations of pupil behaviour lead to minimal disruption in lessons.
• Children in early years quickly become confident and independent learners.
• The curriculum is ambitious and logically ordered for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong subject knowledge and effective questioning skills among teachers.
• Leaders ensure that pupils receive timely support in reading, especially those at risk of falling behind.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers do not always identify knowledge gaps effectively, which can limit pupil achievement.

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 Newlaithes Infant School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.4% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Newlaithes Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No 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 Newlaithes Infant School had 20.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 14.8% of pupils at Newlaithes Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Newlaithes Infant School received £6,751 and spent £6,670 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £49,000 (£252 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 Newlaithes Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newlaithes Infant School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Newlaithes Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newlaithes Infant School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Newlaithes Infant School have?

Newlaithes Infant School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newlaithes Infant School cover?

Newlaithes Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Newlaithes Infant School?

Newlaithes Infant School is at Langrigg Road, Newlaithes Nursery & Infant School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 6DX.