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Newton Bridge Academy

Special School Ages 2-19 259 pupils Grantham
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Newton Bridge Academy is an academy special converter in Grantham for pupils aged 2 to 19. It has 259 pupils on roll. In 2025, 0% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Special School / Academy special converter
Age Range 2-19
Religion Does not apply
Address Sandon Close
Sandon Road
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 9AX
Phone 01476564994
Reference Number 141254

General Makeup

Number of pupils 259
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 76.45%
Girls: 23.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 51.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.1%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 8 4 12
2 7 3 10
3 19 2 21
4 5 7 12
5 16 2 18
6 12 2 14
7 23 6 29
8 21 6 27
9 23 8 31
10 31 7 38
11 16 5 21
12 11 4 15
13 4 2 6

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 84.9%
White, Other 5%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
African 1.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 25 Apr 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
25 Apr 2023 School inspection
14 Jun 2017 Short inspection
01 Sep 2014 Academy conversion letter
12 Feb 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as The Grantham Sandon School
31 Oct 2011 Curriculum and development visit
08 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
15 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
27 May 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

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

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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 -11.6
Writing -11.1
Maths -10.4

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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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In 2024–25 pupils at Newton Bridge Academy attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for special schools was 87.2%). 25.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 35.3%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.4%6.5%7.3%5.8%5.8%4.9%8.1%8.1%7.0%6.4%
Unauthorised absence 2.7%0.3%2.6%4.1%2.7%1.1%0.1%0.5%1.9%1.8%
Severely absent pupils 6.5%0.0%2.4%4.4%3.8%3.5%0.0%0.0%3.0%1.7%

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, 5.4% of pupils at Newton Bridge Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 5.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.05.48.810.9
Permanent exclusions 01000000020

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 Newton Bridge Academy had 7.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for special schools was 6.6). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.5%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 2.01.91.61.91.82.12.01.96.22.82.5
Teachers who left state teaching 2.7%20.9%7.7%0.0%10.9%0.0%11.2%8.2%17.7%15.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 81.8%81.8%70.0%54.5%–60.0%85.7%60.0%2.9%62.8%–
Sick days per teacher 5.87.72.92.2–4.17.44.50.19.2–

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 Newton Bridge Academy had 259 pupils, 100.0% of them with an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 99.5%).

It says it provides for: severe learning difficulty; profound and multiple learning difficulty; speech, language and communication needs; autistic spectrum disorder.

Pupils by main type of need

EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 78
Autistic spectrum disorder 74
Severe learning difficulty 38
Moderate learning difficulty 27
Social, emotional and mental health 19
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 11
Physical disability 9
Specific learning difficulty 3

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 special school schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Newton Bridge Academy received £23,705 and spent £20,835 for each of its 258 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £195,000 (£754 per pupil).

Across all 18 schools of Community Inclusive Trust, income was £11,652 and spending £11,935 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £432,000£73,000£53,000£61,000£46,000£150,000£195,000
per pupil £5,761£933£628£681£621£597£754
In-year balance £213,000£506,000£237,000£269,000£139,000£695,000£740,000
per pupil £2,845£6,482£2,794£3,022£1,883£2,770£2,870

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Saint Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sandon Close, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AX
0.03 miles
The Little Gonerby Church of England Primary Academy, Grantham
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AZ
0.2 miles
Wyndham Park Nursery School
Hill Avenue, Grantham, NG31 9BB
0.28 miles
The Harrowby Church of England Primary School
New Beacon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9LJ
0.33 miles
St Wulfram's National Church of England Primary School
Castlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6SR
0.43 miles
St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Grantham
Harrowby Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9ED
0.54 miles
Belton Lane Community Primary School
Green Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9PP
0.72 miles
Cliffedale Primary School
Northcliffe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8DP
0.78 miles
Belmont Community Primary School
Harrowby Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9LR
0.89 miles
Huntingtower Community Primary Academy
Huntingtower Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7AU
0.89 miles
The Isaac Newton Primary School
Dysart Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7DG
1.12 miles
The Gonerby Hill Foot Church of England Primary School
Gonerby Road, Gonerby Hill Foot, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8HQ
1.28 miles
Grantham Preparatory International School
Gorse Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7UF
1.46 miles
Poplar Farm School
Helmsley Road, Grantham, NG31 8XF
1.51 miles
West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy
Trent Road, Grantham, NG31 7XQ
1.6 miles
The St Sebastian's Church of England Primary School, Great Gonerby
High Street, Great Gonerby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8LB
1.93 miles
Barrowby Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Barrowby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 1BX
2.64 miles
The Harlaxton Church of England Primary School
Swinehill, Harlaxton, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 1HT
3.23 miles
Barkston and Syston CofE Primary School
Church Street, Barkston, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2NB
3.37 miles
Great Ponton Church of England School
Mill Lane, Great Ponton, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 5DT
3.53 miles
Name Distance
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AU
0.19 miles
Grantham College
Stonebridge Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AP
0.25 miles
The King's School, Grantham
Brook Street, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP
0.46 miles
The Priory Ruskin Academy
Rushcliffe Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8ED
0.78 miles
Esland Grantham School
Newton Chambers, Isaac Newton Way, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9RT
1.25 miles
Greenfields Academy
Great North Road, Grantham, NG31 7UX
1.31 miles
West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy
The Avenue, Grantham, NG31 7PX
1.4 miles
Walton Academy
Harlaxton Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 7JR
1.61 miles

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Newton Bridge Academy is part of Community Inclusive Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Newton Bridge Academy have?

Newton Bridge Academy has 259 pupils on roll.

What age range does Newton Bridge Academy cover?

Newton Bridge Academy for pupils aged 2 to 19.

What are Newton Bridge Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 0% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Newton Bridge Academy?

Newton Bridge Academy is at Sandon Close, Sandon Road, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 9AX.

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