North Newton Community Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Church Road
North Newton
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 0BG
Phone 01278662140
Reference Number 123689

North Newton Community Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2017. Pupils are happy and enjoy a supportive school environment, which fosters positive relationships and safety. The leadership team has high expectations, which have resulted in good outcomes in early reading and mathematics. The curriculum is evolving, showing clear improvements in phonics and mathematics, but there remain areas needing attention, particularly in other subjects where consistency in pupil progress is still being developed.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 90
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 57.78%
Girls: 42.22%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 25

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 5 9 14
2 10 6 16
3 2 3 5
4 12 2 14
5 10 7 17
6 5 9 14

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 91.1%
Asian, Other 3.3%
White, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 18 Jan 2023
Date Report
18 Jan 2023 School inspection
21 Nov 2017 Short inspection
09 Sep 2014 Full inspection:
15 Jan 2013 Interim assessment
26 May 2010 Full inspection:
03 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
20 May 2002 Full inspection

Strengths

  • High expectations from leaders lead to good pupil outcomes.
  • Strong focus on early reading and phonics teaching.
  • Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm and confidence in mathematics.
  • Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
  • Positive relationships and a caring school environment.
  • Engaging range of extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum in some subjects needs further development.
  • Leaders' understanding of pupil progress in a few subjects is not clear enough.
  • Insufficient attention to what pupils already know limits opportunities to deepen their understanding.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 104
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.2
Writing 2.4
Maths -2.4

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 0
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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