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Northway Infant School

Primary Ages 4-7 89 pupils Tewkesbury
Ofsted: Outstanding
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Northway Infant School is an academy converter in Tewkesbury for pupils aged 4 to 7. It has 89 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Northway Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024 of its predecessor, Northway Infant School. About 52% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Virginia Road
Northway
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 8PT
Reference Number 151066

General Makeup

Number of pupils 89
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 42.7%
Girls: 57.3%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 18%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 21 31
2 14 15 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.9%
White, Other 6.7%
White & Asian 1.1%
African 1.1%
Asian, Other 1.1%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Northway Infant School, inspected in March 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Outstanding
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
06 Sep 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 1
Third Preference 4 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Northway Infant School had 87 pupils for 180 places. 93 places (51.7%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Tewkesbury / Ashchurch Primary” planning area

Gloucestershire counted 221 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 239 in 2029–30, up 8%.

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 Northway Infant School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 3.0%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%
Severely absent pupils 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, 1.1% of pupils at Northway Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.4
Permanent exclusions 1

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 Northway Infant School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 8.710.0
Teachers who left state teaching 22.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 37.5%–
Sick days per teacher 0.9–

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, 22.5% of pupils at Northway Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 10 2
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Social, emotional and mental health 3 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Down's syndrome 0 1

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 Northway Infant School received £12,133 and spent £10,210 for each of its 88 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £67,000 (£765 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, income was £6,776 and spending £6,867 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £67,000
per pupil £765
In-year balance £169,000
per pupil £1,924

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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Name Distance
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0.84 miles
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Northway Infant School is part of Gloucestershire Learning Alliance, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

What is Northway Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Northway Infant School is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024 of its predecessor, Northway Infant School.

When was Northway Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Northway Infant School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Northway Infant School have?

Northway Infant School has 89 pupils on roll.

What age range does Northway Infant School cover?

Northway Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Northway Infant School?

Northway Infant School is at Virginia Road, Northway, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8PT.

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