Newhall Infant School

Newhall Infant School is recognized as a good educational establishment where pupils enjoy learning and feel safe. The school has demonstrated a strong commitment to fostering a supportive community atmosphere. The leadership team has implemented swift changes to enhance stability within the school, focusing on improving learning opportunities and resources, particularly in reading and mathematics. While the engagement of the staff and the community is commendable, there are areas where the school aims to improve, particularly in refining the delivery of certain subjects to ensure pupils retain knowledge effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils develop positive attitudes to learning from early years.
• High expectations for student behavior result in rare incidents of poor behavior.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• A strong focus on reading with an engaging phonics program.
• Well-planned opportunities for pupils to learn beyond the academic curriculum.
• Positive feedback from parents about the school's community orientation.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not systematically give pupils opportunities to recall previously learned knowledge.
• In mathematics, the focus on important knowledge could be improved.
• Attendance of some disadvantaged pupils remains a concern.

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 Newhall Infant School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.7% 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, 3.3% of pupils at Newhall 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 Newhall Infant School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Newhall Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.7% 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 Newhall Infant School received £10,039 and spent £9,577 for each of its 170 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£948 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 Newhall Infant School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Newhall Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newhall Infant School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Newhall Infant School have?

Newhall Infant School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newhall Infant School cover?

Newhall Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Newhall Infant School?

Newhall Infant School is at Sunnyside, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 0TJ.