New Bewerley Community School

New Bewerley Community School is performing well in multiple areas, demonstrating a clear commitment to the safety and wellbeing of its pupils. The school has maintained high safeguarding standards and has been effective in improving attendance rates, particularly among disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs. The leadership has initiated several positive changes, particularly concerning early years education and a strong inclusive environment for all learners. However, despite these strengths, the school faces challenges in improving academic outcomes and consistent teaching quality across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture ensuring pupils feel safe.
• Effective leadership leads to high attendance rates and improvement.
• Highly inclusive environment prioritizing the needs of vulnerable pupils.
• Ambitious early years curriculum supports children's development.
• Proactive approach to managing pupil behaviour contributes to a positive atmosphere.

Areas for Improvement

• Overall academic achievement is below national standards.
• Pupils struggle to retain previously learned information.
• Inconsistencies in teaching quality across the curriculum.
• Support for pupils with SEND is not uniformly implemented.

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 New Bewerley Community School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.7% 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, 2.6% of pupils at New Bewerley Community 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 New Bewerley Community School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.9% 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, 18.9% of pupils at New Bewerley Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 30 pupils.

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 New Bewerley Community School received £9,952 and spent £10,449 for each of its 350 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £23,000 (-£64 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 New Bewerley Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Bewerley Community School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was New Bewerley Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Bewerley Community School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does New Bewerley Community School have?

New Bewerley Community School has 350 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Bewerley Community School cover?

New Bewerley Community School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are New Bewerley Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 39% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Bewerley Community School?

New Bewerley Community School is at Bismarck Drive, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 6TB.