Newlands Junior School

Newlands Junior School is performing well overall. Inspectors found strong standards in achievement and in pupils’ personal development and wellbeing, while attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, inclusion, and leadership and governance were all judged at the expected standard. Safeguarding requirements are met. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, achieve well above national averages in reading, writing and mathematics and across the wider curriculum, and they are exceptionally well prepared for their next steps. The school is highly nurturing, inclusive and community-focused, with embedded values, excellent pastoral care, rich enrichment, and impeccable pupil behaviour. The school serves a disadvantaged community: free school meals and location deprivation are well above average, and SEN support is above average, though EHC plans are well below average. Leaders know pupils and families well, use additional funding effectively, and work closely with external agencies and a local infant school. Attendance is in line with national averages and improving, with disadvantaged pupils attending better than their peers nationally. Governance has recently improved, but it is early days for the new governing body. Areas for development include ensuring all pupils have sufficient opportunities to practise writing foundations, such as handwriting, and continuing to strengthen curriculum implementation in writing, particularly for pupils with SEND. Leaders should also deepen their analysis of attendance by pupil group and continue improving attendance so it is consistently above national averages. Governors need to further embed their strategic oversight and make the most of local collaboration to ensure consistently high standards.

Strengths

• Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND, achieve extremely well across the curriculum.
• Pupils' speaking and listening skills are particularly well developed.
• Personal development and wellbeing provision is a significant strength.
• Pastoral care is tailored and high quality for vulnerable pupils.
• Pupils behave impeccably and have a strong love of learning.
• Pupils feel extremely safe and say bullying, harassment and discrimination are not tolerated.
• The school is highly inclusive and identifies and addresses barriers to learning effectively.
• Leaders use additional funding well to support disadvantaged pupils and broaden their opportunities.
• The school's values are fully embedded and pupils take on meaningful responsibilities.
• Enrichment, trips, clubs and community involvement broaden pupils' experiences.
• Governance has recently improved, with a full governing body and closer oversight.
• Staff are committed, well led and supported, and local collaboration has been beneficial.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils in some year groups do not have enough opportunities to practise writing skills, including handwriting.
• Curriculum implementation in the foundations of writing needs continued improvement, especially for pupils with SEND.
• Attendance analysis by pupil group needs further development to identify priorities accurately.
• Attendance is not yet consistently above national averages for all pupils.
• The new governing body's strategic direction work needs to embed further.
• Leaders and governors should develop their knowledge and expertise through local collaboration to ensure consistently high standards.

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 Newlands Junior School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Newlands Junior 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 Newlands Junior School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.3% 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, 17.0% of pupils at Newlands Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 Newlands Junior School received £7,340 and spent £7,398 for each of its 230 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£771 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 Newlands Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Newlands Junior School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Newlands Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Newlands Junior School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Newlands Junior School have?

Newlands Junior School has 230 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newlands Junior School cover?

Newlands Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Newlands Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Newlands Junior School?

Newlands Junior School is at Braemar Road, Forest Town, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 0LN.