Newton Primary School

Newton Primary School remains a good school, fostering a calm and purposeful atmosphere conducive to learning. The staff uphold high expectations, instilling positive attitudes in pupils who actively participate in their education and school life. Leaders prioritize reading, implementing a structured phonics program that enables early learners to develop their reading skills effectively. The curriculum is ambitious, with strong subject leadership that supports effective teaching and learning, resulting in good pupil achievement overall. However, some subjects require improvements in teachers' expertise to ensure consistent high quality across the board.

Strengths

• High expectations are set for all pupils, including those in the early years.
• A well-established phonics program supports early reading development.
• Leaders have created an ambitious and well-structured curriculum.
• Strong subject leadership enhances teaching quality.
• Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm and take active roles in school activities.
• Strong relationships exist between school and home, valued by parents.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils are well-prepared to embrace fundamental British values.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack subject and pedagogical knowledge in a few recently reviewed subjects.

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 Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Newton Primary 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 Newton Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 43.9% 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, 20.9% of pupils at Newton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Primary School received £7,663 and spent £7,122 for each of its 148 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £39,000 (£262 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 Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Newton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newton Primary School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Newton Primary School have?

Newton Primary School has 148 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newton Primary School cover?

Newton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Newton Primary School?

Newton Primary School is at Hall Lane, Newton, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 5TL.