New Delaval Primary School

New Delaval Primary School is performing well overall, with a consistent good rating across various domains including quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school fosters a caring and safe environment where pupils feel happy and form strong relationships with staff. Efforts to enhance teaching methods following disappointing national assessment results have yielded positive outcomes, helping pupils to engage with lessons and retain knowledge effectively. Additionally, the school places a strong emphasis on personal development, equipping pupils with life skills and opportunities for leadership.

Strengths

• Pupils form strong relationships with staff.
• Teachers provide effective explanations and support for learning.
• High expectations for pupil behavior are established from early years.
• Pupils demonstrate good management of their emotions.
• Strong focus on mental health and well-being is evident.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND to access the curriculum.
• Staff collaboration is enhancing overall school improvement.
• A range of personal development experiences is provided.

Areas for Improvement

• Some misconceptions in learning are not consistently addressed across subjects.
• Previous gaps in learning in foundation subjects limit progression for some pupils.
• Attendance issues remain high for some pupils.

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 Delaval Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.4% 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 New Delaval 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 New Delaval Primary School had 18.9 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, 18.7% of pupils at New Delaval Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 New Delaval Primary School received £8,373 and spent £8,633 for each of its 210 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £369,000 (£1,763 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 Delaval Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Delaval Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was New Delaval Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Delaval Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does New Delaval Primary School have?

New Delaval Primary School has 219 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Delaval Primary School cover?

New Delaval Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Delaval Primary School?

New Delaval Primary School is at Delaval Gardens, New Delaval, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4DA.