Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is performing well overall, achieving a good overall effectiveness grade with leadership and management rated as outstanding. The school is characterized by a warm and inclusive atmosphere, where pupils demonstrate kindness and strong relationships with each other and staff. Leaders are committed to providing a high-quality education, evident in their ambitious curriculum and the supportive environment they create for both pupils and staff. While the school has made significant improvements since its last inspection, concerns were noted regarding the reading support for pupils who struggle with reading, which impacts their confidence and proficiency.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and management with high expectations
• Warm and inclusive school environment
• Effective behaviour management policies
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Passionate pupils who love to read
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong culture of safeguarding

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils struggling with reading do not have access to books that match their reading ability
• Lack of regular opportunities for struggling readers to practice reading to an adult

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 Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green 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 Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.2% 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 2024–25 Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green received £7,867 and spent £7,241 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £302,000 (£1,412 per pupil).

Across all 40 schools of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, income was £8,313 and spending £8,200 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). 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.

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Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is part of Outwood Grange Academies Trust, which runs 40 schools. The nearest others:

• Outwood Academy Shafton Barnsley
• Outwood Academy Hemsworth Pontefract
• Outwood Academy Carlton Barnsley
• Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Pontefract
• Outwood Primary Academy Littleworth Grange Barnsley
• Outwood Academy Freeston Normanton
• Outwood Academy City Fields Wakefield
• Outwood Primary Academy Park Hill Wakefield
• Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Wakefield
• Outwood Primary Academy Darfield Barnsley

What is Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green have?

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green has 221 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green cover?

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green?

Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green is at Cow Lane, Wakefield, WF4 2BE.