Keresley Newland Primary Academy

Keresley Newland Primary Academy has demonstrated a solid performance overall, being graded as good across all areas inspected. This is the first routine inspection since the school became a sponsored academy in December 2018, following a period of inadequate performance for its predecessor. Pupils express enjoyment in their learning environment, which is characterized by a supportive and safe atmosphere. The commitment to improving education is evident, with leaders working closely with the trust to implement an ambitious curriculum that nurtures language and learning.

Strengths

• Pupils feel welcome, happy, and safe at school.
• Staff know the pupils well and take good care of them.
• High expectations for behavior and learning.
• Strong emphasis on reading and language development.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Pupils are polite and exhibit good behavior during lessons.
• Curriculum enriches pupils’ experiences and promotes character development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils in key stage 1 lack the fluency needed to read for meaning.
• Work given to pupils in some lessons does not always help them retain key knowledge.
• A minority of pupils have irregular attendance, affecting their progress.

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 Keresley Newland Primary Academy attended 90.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 34.9% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Keresley Newland Primary Academy 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 Keresley Newland Primary Academy had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.0% 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, 24.8% of pupils at Keresley Newland Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Keresley Newland Primary Academy received £7,141 and spent £8,042 for each of its 192 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £532,000 (-£2,776 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of The Futures Trust, income was £7,284 and spending £6,842 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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All schools in Coventry · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

Keresley Newland Primary Academy is part of The Futures Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• President Kennedy School Academy Coventry
• Parkgate Primary School Coventry
• Keresley Grange Primary School Coventry
• Coundon Court Coventry
• Barr's Hill School Coventry
• Stoke Park School Coventry
• Camp Hill Primary School Nuneaton
• Redmoor Academy Hinckley
• The Hinckley School Hinckley

What is Keresley Newland Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Keresley Newland Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Keresley Newland Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Keresley Newland Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Keresley Newland Primary Academy have?

Keresley Newland Primary Academy has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Keresley Newland Primary Academy cover?

Keresley Newland Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Keresley Newland Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 44% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Keresley Newland Primary Academy?

Keresley Newland Primary Academy is at Grove Lane, Keresley End, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV7 8JZ.