Newbottle Primary Academy

Type	Primary / Academy converter
Age Range	3-11
Religion	Does not apply
Address	Houghton Road Newbottle Houghton le Spring Tyne and Wear DH4 4EE
Phone	01915005957
Reference Number	140584

General Makeup

Number of pupils	456
Boy/Girl ratio	Boys: 51.75% Girls: 48.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals	15.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language	0.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes	30.5
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher	27.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	29.8

Year Groups

Year	Boys	Girls	Total
1	32	27	59
2	28	29	57
3	27	33	60
4	31	29	60
5	34	24	58
6	33	27	60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
White, British	94.7%
Asian, Other	1.1%
Indian	0.7%
White, Other	0.4%
White & Black (Caribbean)	0.4%
Chinese	0.4%
Mixed, Other	0.4%
Pakistani	0.4%
White & Asian	0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating	Good
Last Inspection Date	2022-07-15

Date	Description	Report
2022-05-04	School inspection	School inspection
2017-01-18	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2014-02-06	Academy conversion letter	Academy conversion letter
Previously as Newbottle Primary School
2013-01-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2011-03-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2007-09-25	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2004-03-08	Full inspection	Full inspection
2013-01-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2011-03-30	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2007-09-25	Full inspection:	Full inspection:
2004-03-08	Full inspection	Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths	School Score	Percentile (local)	Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard	67%	Unlock	Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard	9%	Unlock	Unlock

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	105	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	105	Unlock	Unlock

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	0.1	Unlock	Unlock
Writing	0.2	Unlock	Unlock
Maths	0.9	Unlock	Unlock

How many students meet the standards

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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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.

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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Progress Scores

Note: Exam results were not published in 2020, 2021 or 2022 due to the pandemic.

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.

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2024 Admissions

	Number of Applications	Number of Offers
First Preference	Unlock	Unlock
Second Preference	27	4
Third Preference	15	0
From another Local Authority	0	0

Previous Years

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Name	Distance
Burnside Academy Inspires Burnside Estate, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 5HB	0.48 miles
Houghton Le Spring Nursery School Neasham Place, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8AE	0.91 miles
Bernard Gilpin Primary School Hall Lane, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 8DA	1 miles
Shiney Row Primary School Rear South View, Shiney Row, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 4QP	1.07 miles
Dubmire Primary Britannia Terrace, Fence Houses, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6HL	1.07 miles
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton Durham Road, St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 8NF	1.22 miles
Gillas Lane Primary Academy Seaton Avenue, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 8EH	1.31 miles
Barnwell Academy Whitefield Estate, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 7RT	1.47 miles
Bournmoor Primary School Lambourne Close, Bournmoor, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6HF	1.49 miles
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw Station Road, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 7JZ	1.5 miles
New Penshaw Academy Langdale Road, New Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 7HY	1.74 miles
Eppleton Academy Primary School Church Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9AJ	1.82 miles
East Herrington Primary Academy Balmoral Terrace, East Herrington, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3PR	2.04 miles
East Rainton Primary School School Road, East Rainton, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9RA	2.04 miles
Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Marcross Drive, Moorside, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 2RE	2.24 miles
Hasting Hill Academy Tilbury Road, Sunderland, Bexhill Academy, Sunderland, SR3 4LY	2.55 miles
Hetton Primary School Moorsley Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9ND	2.6 miles
Fatfield Academy Southcroft, Fatfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 8RB	2.65 miles
Farringdon Academy Archer Road, Farringdon, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3DJ	2.67 miles
Lumley Junior School Cocken Lane, Great Lumley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 4JJ	2.7 miles

Name	Distance
Kepier Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 5BH	0.92 miles
Farringdon Community Academy Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL	2.45 miles
Portland Academy Weymouth Road, Chapelgarth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 2NQ	2.51 miles
Hetton Academy North Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9JZ	2.52 miles
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington Biddick Lane, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 8AF	2.92 miles
Biddick Academy Biddick Lane, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 8AL	3.08 miles
Sandhill View Academy Grindon Lane, Thorney Close, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 4EN	3.1 miles
Academy 360 Portsmouth Road, Sunderland, SR4 9BA	3.39 miles
Christ's College Pennywell Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 8PG	3.4 miles
Thornhill Park School Portland Road, Plains Farm, Sunderland, SR3 1SS	3.63 miles
Park View School Church Chare, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 3QA	3.65 miles
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 0SX	3.87 miles
City of Sunderland College Bede Centre, Durham Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 4AH	3.88 miles
Oxclose Community Academy Dilston Close, Oxclose Village, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 0LN	4 miles
Washington Academy Spout Lane, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE37 2AA	4.21 miles
Barbara Priestman Academy Meadowside, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7QN	4.35 miles
Elemore Hall School Pittington, Elemore Hall School, Durham, DH6 1QD	4.37 miles
St Aidan's Catholic Academy Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7HJ	4.53 miles
Hermitage Academy Waldridge Lane, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH2 3AD	4.54 miles
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, County Durham, DH3 2LP	4.57 miles

Newbottle Primary Academy

General Makeup

Class Sizes

Year Groups

Ethnicities

How many students meet the standards

Average Scaled Score

Progress Scores

How many students meet the standards

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2024 Admissions

Previous Years

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Key Stage 2 Attainment

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GCSE Attainment

Attainment 8 score percentile

Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)